To Frederick Bates 19 June [1868?]1
Down | Bromley | Kent. S. E.
June 19th
Dear Sir
I am very much obliged to you for your kindness. Though next spring will be rather late, I do not think it will be too late, & if in your power to send me some living specimens of Trox sabulosus, I shd. be greatly indebted to you.—2
With sincere thanks I remain, Dear Sir | Yours faithfully & obliged | Charles Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Calendar: A calendar of the correspondence of Charles Darwin, 1821–1882. With supplement. 2d edition. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1994.
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Summary
"Though next Spring will be rather late, I do not think it will be too late, & if in your power to send me some living specimens of Trox sabulosus, I shd. be greatly indebted to you.––-"
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-6787A
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Frederick Bates
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 185: 120
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 6787A,” accessed on 24 November 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-6787A.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 16
