To [William Baxter or W. W. Baxter?] 8 December [1842–81]1
a large pot of soft spermaceti ointment2
C. Darwin
Down. Decr 8th—
Footnotes
The date range and the addressee are conjectured from CD’s residence in Down from September 1842 onwards (Correspondence vol. 2, Appendix II), and by the existence of other letters mentioning spermaceti to William Baxter or his son William Walmisley Baxter, the chemists in Bromley that CD used whenever he was resident in Down (see n. 2, below, and Correspondence vol. 26, letter to W. W. Baxter, 6 January [1878]).
For the composition and use of spermaceti ointment, see this volume, Supplement, letter to [William Baxter or W. W. Baxter?], [1842–82?] and n. 2.
Summary
Orders large pot of spermaceti ointment.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11271F
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- William Walmisley Baxter; William Baxter
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- University of Otago, Special Collections (MS 49)
- Physical description
- ALS
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11271F,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11271F.xml
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