To Richard Kippist 10 January [1870 or 1871]1
Down. | Beckenham | Kent. S.E.
Jan. 10th
My dear Sir
I have duplicate copies of some Books & others useless to me, some of which may be worth accepting by the Linn. Soc;2 so I will send them by Carrier on Thursday morning.—
Will you kindly have ready for Carrier any parts of Linn. Transact. due to me.— Also kindly oblige me by sending order on next page for Phil: Transact.3 & have them packed in same parcel with Linn. Transact.—
My dear sir | Yours very faithfully | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
The years are established by the form of the address, with ‘Bromley’ struck through and ‘Beckenham’ added by hand; this form was used by CD between April 1869 and May 1871.
CD refers to the Linnean Society of London. The books have not been identified.
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London.
Summary
Is sending some books for the Linnean Society Library.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-7434
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Richard Kippist; Linnean Society
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Linnean Society of London
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 7434,” accessed on 26 September 2022, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-7434.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 18
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