To T. H. Huxley 8 May [1869]1
Down. | Beckenham | Kent. S.E.
May 8
My dear Huxley
Thanks for the enclosed letter which I return.2
I remember the circumstances & hoped for a better haul, but am delighted to hear of the one very curious fossil—3
ever yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from T. H. Huxley, 7 May 1869.
See letter from T. H. Huxley, 7 May 1869 and n. 2.
See letter from T. H. Huxley, 7 May 1869 and n. 3.
Summary
Thanks for [D. D. Cunningham’s] letter. Had hoped for a better haul but delighted to hear of the curious fossil.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-6735
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Thomas Henry Huxley
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 268)
- Physical description
- LS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 6735,” accessed on 20 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-6735.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 17
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