To Robert Damon 15 October 1877
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.
Oct 15. 1877
Dear Sir,
It would be a great satisfaction to me to give you any information on the subject about which you write,—but I cannot do so. It seems incredible that mere contact should be poisonous, supposing the surface not to be abraided,1
Dear Sir | Yours faithfully | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Summary
Cannot give information requested. Seems incredible that mere contact should be poisonous.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11185
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Robert Damon
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Slg. Darmstaedter Lc 1859: Darwin, Charles, Bl. 212–213)
- Physical description
- LS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11185,” accessed on 1 September 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11185.xml