To Albert Günther 28 January [1877]1
Down| Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.
Jan 28. 76
My dear Dr Günther,
I have signed the enclosed certificates with the greatest pleasure.2
If you think it worth while to send me the numbers of any labels which are still attached, I can give the habitat with certainty.3 In some few cases I recorded the colours, & more especially the habits of the species.
Believe me | Yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letters to Albert Günther, 25 February [1877] and 3 March 1877; 1876 was evidently written in error.
CD signed Günther’s certificate of recommendation for fellowship of the Linnean Society; Günther was elected on 1 March 1877 (Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London (1876–77): xvi).
Günther had evidently enquired about spider specimens that CD deposited at the British Museum after the Beagle voyage. Günther made notes on the back of this letter for his reply: ‘tube with spider. No. 2 | — — — No. 235 tin label | — — — No. 1442 " " ’. His reply has not been found, but see the letter to Albert Günther, 3 March 1877.
Summary
Has signed certificates.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-10372
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Albrecht Carl Ludwig Gotthilf (Albert) Günther
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Natural History Museum, Library and Archives (Archives DF ZOO/200/11/113)
- Physical description
- LS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 10372,” accessed on 16 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-10372.xml
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