To William Sedgwick 4 March [1868]1
Down. | Bromley. | Kent. S.E.
Mar 4—
Dear Sir
I am very much obliged to you for your kind note with the very interesting details on the Le Compte family, & with respect to Moss-roses &c.2
I regret extremely that I had not heard of your more recent papers on inheritance; but from living in the Country & not seeing periodicals I have no doubt missed much of importance.3 I sincerely trust that I have made due acknowledgment of the great benefit which I derived from your papers which appeared to me most valuable & interesting.4
With my best thanks | pray believe me my dear Sir | yours very faithfully | Charles Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Sedgwick, William. 1861. On sexual limitation in hereditary disease. British and Foreign Medico-Chirurgical Review n.s. 27: 477–89; 28: 198–214.
Sedgwick, William. 1866–7. On the influence of age in hereditary disease. British and Foreign Medico-Chirurgical Review n.s. 38: 501–23; 39: 466–96; 40: 438–72.
Variation: The variation of animals and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1868.
Summary
Thanks WS for information about moss roses and the Le Compte family.
Mentions WS’s recent papers on inheritance [Brit. & Foreign Med.-Chirurg. Rev. (1867)].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-5975
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- William Sedgwick
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.347)
- Physical description
- LS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 5975,” accessed on 28 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-5975.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 16