To L. H. Morgan 20 January 1872
Down, | Beckenham, Kent.
Jan 20. 1872
My dear Mr Morgan
I have received, this morning, your grand work on Consanguinity &c & am astonished at the labour which it must have cost you.1
I am greatly indebted to this proof of your kind feelings towards me & I remain | yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Morgan, Lewis Henry. 1870. Systems of consanguinity and affinity of the human family. Washington: Smithsonian Institution.
Summary
Thanks LHM for his work on consanguinity. [See 7299].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-8167
- 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
- LS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 8167,” accessed on 28 September 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-8167.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 20