To ? 24 August [1861–8]1
Down. | Bromley. | Kent. S.E.
Aug 24—
Dear Sir
Although you are so kind as to tell me not to acknowledge your letter, I must beg permission to thank you. The case which you relate is extremely interesting, & though I have heard of several yet I am very glad to have heard of this remarkable instance of inheritance2
With my thanks pray believe me my dear Sir | yours faithfully | Charles Darwin
Footnotes
The date range is established by the form of address, which is one that was used by CD between May 1861 and April 1869.
While CD was working on Variation and after the book was published he was occasionally sent unusual cases of inheritance in plants, humans, and other animals. See, for example, Correspondence vol. 15, letter to William Ogle, 29 March [1867].
Summary
Thanks correspondent for a remarkable instance of inheritance [not specified].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-13880
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Unidentified
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Wellcome Collection (MS.7781/1–32 item 28)
- Physical description
- LS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 13880,” accessed on 26 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-13880.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 18 (Supplement)
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