To ? 8 December [1861–8]1
Down. | Bromley. | Kent. S.E.
Decr 8th
Dear Sir
I am very much obliged to you for your great kindness in writing to me.— I cannot consider any facts bearing on the inheritance of mental peculiarities in animals as trifling, & I thank you for communicating to me your experience in regard to Cats.—2
Dear Sir | Your faithfully & obliged | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
The year range is established by the printed notepaper, which is of a sort that CD used between May 1861 and April 1869.
Bibliography
Descent: The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1871.
Summary
Thanks for information on inheritance of mental peculiarities in cats.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-13770J
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Unidentified
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Dr Jeremy J. C. Mallinson (private collection): sold at Sotheby’s (dealers), 11 December 2017, lot 50
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 13770J,” accessed on 24 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-13770J.xml
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