From G. M. Asher 14 February 1878
8, Cambridge Terrace, | Railton Road Herne Hill,
Febr. 14 1878
Dear Sir
You will perhaps remember that you expressed a wish to have some specimens of Russian steppe wheat.1 I forwarded your wish to the govenor of Saratoff Mr. Galkine; and now hear to my surprise that a box three feet long, is at Petersburgh. I shall forward it to you when I get it; and take the liberty of making two requests: First to be allowed to call upon you when the box arrives, in order to explain its contents which else would be useless; and secondly, that you write a few words, in French if possible, or in German or if you do not write those languages (but I suppose you do) in English to thank Mr. Galkine-Wrasky, governor of ⟨Sar⟩atoff for his readiness to comply with your wish; adding if possible, a photograph with your signature. I should very greatly thank y for doing so. The fact is that I have had a very serious quarrel with the Gentleman in question, and ⟨that⟩ he has nevertheless done what I begged him to do.2 The box will arrive in about a fortnight.
Dr Sir | Faithfully Ys | Dr. G. M. Asher
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Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Große jüdische National-Biographie: Große jüdische National-Biographie: mit mehr als 8000 Lebensbeschreibungen namhafter jüdischer Männer und Frauen aller Zeiten und Länder; ein Nachschlagewerk für das jüdische Volk und dessen Freunde. By S. Wininger. 7 vols. Chernivtsi: Orient.
Summary
Has forwarded CD’s request for wheat specimens to Mr Galkine-Wrasky, Governor of Saratoff in Russia. Asks CD to send his thanks to the Governor and to allow GMA to visit Down to explain the specimens when they arrive.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11357
- From
- Georg Michael Asher
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- London, Cambridge Terrace, 8
- Source of text
- DAR 159: 119
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp damaged †
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11357,” accessed on 28 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11357.xml