From William Bowman 1 February 1868
My dear Mr Darwin
I am exceedingly obliged to you for your kind thought of me in sending me your acceptable gift of your new work.1 I have been away from home so it did not come to hand till today or I should have acknowledged it earlier—
Most truly yours obliged | W Bowman
5 Clifford St
Feb. 1. 1868
Footnotes
Bowman refers to Variation. His name appears on CD’s presentation list (see Correspondence vol. 16, Appendix IV).
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Summary
Thanks CD for the gift of his new work [Variation].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-5832
- From
- William Bowman, 1st baronet
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- London, Clifford St, 5
- Source of text
- Sir John Paget Bowman (private collection)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 5832,” accessed on 26 May 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-5832.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 16
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