To T. C. Eyton 6 March [1869]1
Down. | Bromley. | Kent. S.E.
March 6th
Dear Eyton
I received the Fawn’s head, safely, & I am much obliged to you for so kindly sending it; though your previous information sufficed for my purpose.—2
I am pleased to hear from my son at Trinity that he is a friend of your son.3 It is a resurrection of good old times. Yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from T. C. Eyton, 4 March 1869.
See letter from T. C. Eyton, 4 March 1869. For the earlier information, see the letter from T. C. Eyton, 26 January [1869].
Francis Darwin and William Campbell Eyton were students at Trinity College, Cambridge.
Summary
Thanks TCE for fawn’s head.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-6645
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Thomas Campbell Eyton
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.366)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 6645,” accessed on
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 17
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