To William Yarrell 6 [February 1856]
Down Bromley Kent
6th.
My dear Mr Yarrell
The Pigeons are all quite well, vigorous, & in good spirits.— They are really quite beautiful.— I have now 15 kinds of Pigeons!—1
Pray give my very sincere & cordial thanks to Mrs. Cotton.—2 I send with this the Book & your Cage.—
Pray believe me, | Yours most truly obliged | Charles Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Summary
"The Pigeons are all quite well".
Sends thanks to Mrs Cotton.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-1829
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- William Yarrell
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 1829,” accessed on 14 August 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-1829.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 6