To Mrs Stutchbury 22 August 1854
Down | Farnborough | Kent
Aug. 22d 1854
Madam
I have at last finished with the valuable collection of Cirripedes, which Mr. Stutchbury so generously placed at my disposal, & I wish to return them.—1 I shd. be very much obliged if you would kindly inform me, as soon as you can, how I shall direct the Boxes, which are large.— I will inform you when they are sent off, & intend for safety sending them to the Gt. Western Station in my carriage.— I think that the best plan will be for me not to pay their carriage (for I could not thus pay for porterage) but request you to be so good as to inform me what the carriage comes to, & pay by GP.O. order. The Boxes (I do not yet know whether 2 or 3 will be required) will contain the drawers of a Cabinet, & loose specimens. I shall be able to add a few species to the collection. As soon as my second volume is completed a copy shall, of course, be sent to Mr. Stutchbury, to whom I shall ever feel grateful for the kindness & confidence with which he has treated me.—2 Madam | Your obliged & obed sert | Charles Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Matthews, L. Harrison. 1982. Samuel Stutchbury and Darwin’s cirripedes. Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London 36 (1981–2): 261–6.
Summary
Arranges to return a collection of cirripedes which belongs to her husband [Samuel Stutchbury].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-1579A
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Hannah Louisa Bernard/Hannah Louisa Stutchbury
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Matthews 1982, p. 262
- Physical description
- 4pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 1579A,” accessed on 21 October 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-1579A.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 7 (Supplement)