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Darwin Correspondence Project

From JSBurdon Sanderson   [11 November 1879]1

26, Gordon Square. | W. C.

Tuesday

Dear Mr. Darwin

I must trouble you with a note to tell you with how much pleasure I have received the life of your grandfather Dr. Erasmus Darwin.

I received it last night & have read the “Preliminary Notice” this afternoon with very great interest.2

Many thanks for so kindly thinking of me | very truly yours J S Burdon Sanderson

Footnotes

The date is established by the reference to Erasmus Darwin; CD began receiving letters of thanks for the book from other recipients from 12 November 1879 (see, for example, letter from Reginald Darwin, 12 November 1879). The Tuesday before 12 November 1879 was 11 November.
Burdon Sanderson’s name appears on CD’s presentation list for Erasmus Darwin (see Appendix IV). CD had written the biographical preface to the book.

Bibliography

Erasmus Darwin. By Ernst Krause. Translated from the German by W. S. Dallas, with a preliminary notice by Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1879.

Summary

Thanks CD for a copy of Erasmus Darwin.

Letter details

Letter no.
DCP-LETT-12283
From
John Scott Burdon Sanderson, 1st baronet
To
Charles Robert Darwin
Sent from
London, Gordon Square, 26
Source of text
DAR 99: 96
Physical description
ALS 2pp

Please cite as

Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12283,” accessed on 28 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12283.xml

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