To J. W. Lubbock [December 1848–9]1
[Down]
Dear Sir John
I am much obliged to you for taking the trouble to send me the drawings & Coins.—
I know so little of English rocks, that I cannot tell you what the stone is; it is very like what is formed on borders of coral-reefs & most islands in the Tropical seas, where shells are abundant.
Yours sincerely | C. Darwin
Footnotes
The date range is that of the stationery with the broad mourning border, as in the letter to Lubbock, [December 1848 – 1849] (calendar number 1212).
Summary
Obliged for drawings and coins. Cannot tell what the stone is.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-1210
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- John William Lubbock, 3d baronet
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 1210,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-1210.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 4
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