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Darwin Correspondence Project

To L. H. Morgan   9 June 1877

Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | (Railway Station | Orpington S.E.R.) [Leith Hill Place, Surrey.]

June 9th. 1877

My dear Sir

Pray accept my cordial thanks for your great kindness in having sent me your fine work ‘Ancient Society’, which I hope before long to read.—1

My dear Sir | Yours sincerely | Ch. Darwin

Footnotes

Morgan’s book, Ancient society, or, researches in the lines of human progress from savagery, through barbarism to civilization (Morgan 1877), has not been found in the Darwin Library–CUL or the Darwin Library–Down.

Bibliography

Morgan, Lewis Henry. 1877. Ancient society, or, researches in the lines of human progress from savagery through barbarism to civilization. London: Macmillan.

Summary

Thanks LHM for his Ancient society [1877].

Letter details

Letter no.
DCP-LETT-10992
From
Charles Robert Darwin
To
Lewis Henry Morgan
Sent from
Leith Hill Place Down letterhead
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. 10992,” accessed on 28 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-10992.xml

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