To R. A. Blair 27 December 1877
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.
Dec 27. 1877
Dear Sir,
I am much obliged to you for kindly informing me of the case of the goose. It seems to be a remarkable case of inheritance of effects of injury & as such cases are very rare it would be quite worth while to have the parts carefully examined. If you could obtain a wing & would send it me I should be much obliged.1 The wing might be cut off at the joint with the body & dried with feathers on before a hot fire. To make the case of more value it would be very advisable to ascertain whether the goose had any offspring before the injury, & if so whether they were normal & not malformed in any way.
Dear Sir | Yours faithfully | Charles Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Variation 2d ed.: The variation of animals and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2d edition. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1875.
Variation: The variation of animals and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1868.
Summary
Asks for the wing of a goose said to have transmitted effects of an injury by hereditary descent.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11290
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Reuben Almond Blair
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.529)
- Physical description
- LS 2pp
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Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11290,” accessed on 28 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11290.xml