To William Marshall 29 May 1875
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.
May 29. 75
Dear Sir
I thank you for your paper upon ostrich feathers.1 I received today from the President of the Trans Vaal Republic in South Africa a poor specimen of an ostrich feather illustrating an appearance often presented by the birds which are there cultivated.2 I have thought that you would like to see this feather but whether it is of any value I do not know
Believe me my dear Sir | yours sincerely | Charles Darwin
Footnotes
Summary
Comments on WM’s paper about ostrich feathers.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-10000
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- William Adolf Ludwig (William) Marshall
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.469)
- Physical description
- LS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 10000,” accessed on 28 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-10000.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 23