To Christian Karl Josias Bunsen1 16 August [1853]2
Down Bromley Kent
Augt 16th
Dear Sir
I have this day received the microscopical specimens which you have been so kind as to forward to me.— I beg that you will be so good as to present my sincere thanks to the illustrious Ehrenberg,3 on your return to Berlin,4 for his present & I beg to remain | Dear Sir | Yours truly obliged | 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–.
South America: Geological observations on South America. Being the third part of the geology of the voyage of the Beagle, under the command of Capt. FitzRoy RN, during the years 1832 to 1836. By Charles Darwin. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1846.
Summary
Thanks correspondent for forwarding microscopical specimens, a present from C. G. Ehrenberg.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-902
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Christian Karl Josias Bunsen, Freiherr von Bunsen
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- The Morgan Library and Museum, New York (Heineman Collection MA 6511)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 902,” accessed on 27 July 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-902.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 5