To Asa Gray 29 January [1875]1
Down
Jan. 29th.
My dear Gray
I cannot remember whether any address besides Cambridge, is necessary for Mr. Chauncy Wright, will you kindly let him have the enclosed.2
Your’s very sincerely | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter to Chauncey Wright, 21 September 1874 and 29 January 1875 (Correspondence vol. 22).
In a postscript dated 29 January 1875 to his letter to Wright of 21 September 1874 (Correspondence vol. 22), CD explained that the letter had been returned to him because of a mistake in the address, and that since he could not remember whether ‘Cambridge’ was sufficient address, he was forwarding the letter via Asa Gray. Wright lived in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Summary
Asks AG to forward [unspecified] enclosure to Chauncey Wright.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-13813
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Asa Gray
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 153: 165
- Physical description
- 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 13813,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-13813.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 23
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