From George Brettingham Sowerby Jr to Emma Darwin 22 July 1863
45 Gt. Russell St. Bloomsbury, W.C. | London
July 22 1863
Dear Mrs. Darwin
The cutting of the block will be— 1. 0. 0
—The Drawing on Wood .10—
Postage of Block . 8
Loan of Trap 6
£1.11. 2
The cutting seems to me rather dear, but I hope it will answer your purpose1
Your very Obliged | G B Sowerby
Footnotes
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Summary
Sets out estimate for cutting blocks for illustrations of a trap.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-4251
- From
- George Brettingham Sowerby, Jr
- To
- Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin
- Sent from
- London, Gt Russell St, 45
- Source of text
- DAR 157.2: 101
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 4251,” accessed on 26 September 2022, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-4251.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 11