To Albert Günther 28 September [1871]1
Down, | Beckenham, Kent.
Sept 28th
My dear Dr. Günther
I am going to beg a very great favour of you.— I know how wide is your knowledge, & I do not know to whom else to apply.— Will you answer, as far as lies in your power, the 4 enclosed & very miscellaneous queries.—2 I enclose an envelope all ready addressed to save you as much trouble as possible.— When last in London, I called at B. Mus., but found that you had just started for your summer holidays.—3 I have been very unwell for many weeks, with my head much affected, & I have been able to do very little work,— indeed none for 6 weeks.—
Forgive me for trespassing on your great kindness, & believe me | Yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.
Summary
Sends some questions [missing].
Bad health has prevented him from working for six weeks.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-7974
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Albrecht Carl Ludwig Gotthilf (Albert) Günther
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Shrewsbury School, Taylor Library (14)
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 7974,” accessed on 24 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-7974.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 19
