To Ferdinand von Hochstetter 14 February 1877
Down, | Beckenham, Kent.
Feb. 14th 1877
Dear Sir
I request that you will be so good as to return to the Trustees of your Anthropological Socy. my most sincere thanks for their congratulations on my birth-day, just received by Telegram.1
I can assure you that I feel very deeply the honour thus conferred on me.—
I remain, dear Sir, with much respect.—
Yours faithfully | Charles Darwin
Footnotes
Summary
Sends thanks to Anthropological Society for sending birthday greetings.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-10844A
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Ferdinand von Hochstetter
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- RR Auction (dealers) (April 2006)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 10844A,” accessed on 19 October 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-10844A.xml