To ? 24 August [1861–8]1
Down. | Bromley. | Kent. S.E.
Aug 24—
Dear Sir
Although you are so kind as to tell me not to acknowledge your letter, I must beg permission to thank you. The case which you relate is extremely interesting, & though I have heard of several yet I am very glad to have heard of this remarkable instance of inheritance2
With my thanks pray believe me my dear Sir | yours faithfully | Charles Darwin
Footnotes
Summary
Thanks correspondent for a remarkable instance of inheritance [not specified].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-13880
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Unidentified
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Wellcome Collection (MS.7781/1–32 item 28)
- Physical description
- LS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 13880,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-13880.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 18 (Supplement)