From Thomas Blunt 11 August 1842
Shrewsbury
August 11th 1842
Dear Sir,
I have ascertained that the elevation of the town of Shrewsbury varies according to situation from 250 to 300 feet above the level of the sea.1
With respectful Compliments, | I remain, Dear Sir, | Yours, faithfully & obliged, | Thomas Blunt.
Footnotes
Bibliography
‘Ancient glaciers of Caernarvonshire’: Notes on the effects produced by the ancient glaciers of Caernarvonshire, and on the boulders transported by floating ice. By Charles Darwin. Philosophical Magazine 3d ser. 21 (1842): 180–8. [Shorter publications, pp. 140–7.]
Collected papers: The collected papers of Charles Darwin. Edited by Paul H. Barrett. 2 vols. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press. 1977.
Summary
Gives the height of Shrewsbury above sea-level.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-639
- From
- Thomas Blunt
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Shrewsbury
- Source of text
- DAR 5: B17–18
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 639,” accessed on 26 September 2022, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-639.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 2
