To L. H. Morgan 14 June [1871]1
Down, | Beckenham, Kent.
June 14th
My dear Mr Morgan
I really do not know how to thank you enough for your extraordinary kindness in having taken so much trouble for my sons. Your instructions about their route & your splendid supply of introductions will be invaluable to them.2 With hearty thanks | yours very truly obliged | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
The year is established by the reference to Morgan’s providing information and introductions for CD’s sons (see n. 2, below).
George Howard Darwin and Francis Darwin left for a ten-week tour of the United States on 29 July 1871 (see letter to Asa Gray, 16 July [1871]). Morgan had visited Down on 9 June 1871 (see letter to L. H. Morgan, 7 June 1871 and n. 1).
Summary
Thanks LHM for his introductions for CD’s sons and for his instructions about their route [for their U. S. visit].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-7819
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Lewis Henry Morgan
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- University of Rochester Libraries, Department of Rare Books, Special Collections and Preservation
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 7819,” accessed on 16 August 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-7819.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 19
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