To J. J. Weir 4 November 1876
Down
4 November 1876
[promising to propose him for the Zoological Society, sympathising with his enthusiasm about the Danais ‘… I felt much interest when I read about its spreading into Australia’ and hoping it may become naturalised ‘in this country’.]1
Footnotes
Bibliography
M’Coy, Frederick. 1873. Note on the appearance in Australia of the Danais archippus. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4th ser. 11: 440–1.
Summary
Promises to propose JJW for membership in Zoological Society.
Sympathises with JJW’s enthusiasm about the Danais and hopes it may become naturalised in this country.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-10698
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- John Jenner Weir
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Sotheby’s (dealers) (29 October 1962)
- Physical description
- LS inc 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 10698,” accessed on 23 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-10698.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 24
