To W. H. Harvey 7 January [1857]1
Down Bromley Kent
Jan. 7th.—
My dear Sir
I am very much obliged to you for your kind information which is just the amount which I wanted.— I fear I shall not be at Dublin, the frightful voyage with all its sickness would alone deter me!2
With many thanks. Yours very sincerely | Charles Darwin
Footnotes
The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from W. H. Harvey, 3 January 1857 (Correspondence vol. 6).
See letter from W. H. Harvey, 3 January 1857 (Correspondence vol. 6). CD did not attend the Dublin meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, held from 26 August to 2 September 1857.
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Summary
Thanks for information, which is just the amount he wanted.
Will not go to the BAAS meeting in Dublin: the frightful voyage deters him.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-2037G
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- William Henry Harvey
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Sheffield City Archives (Gatty family autograph albums X561/1/1)
- Physical description
- ALS
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 2037G,” accessed on 23 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-2037G.xml
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