To John Stevens Henslow 3 January [1856]1
Down Bromley Kent
Jany. 3d.
My dear Henslow
I have received your letter, the Report & pamplet,2 for all of which very many thanks.— Your letter has been of real use to me, in deciding what to do, which will be, in consequence, very little.—
What trouble Government does give about Clubs.— I have been two whole days in drawing up the annual & Quinquennial Returns!
Farewell with many thanks.— Pray remember to let me have the case of the Canada Geese with the seed in crop, if ever you shd. meet with it; as the means of distribution is, at present, a great hobby with me.—3
Farewell | C. Darwin
Your servants relation. failed, I presume, in getting the wild Carnation seed from Rochester.—
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Summary
Thanks for JSH’s letter, which has been of real use.
Complains of the trouble caused by reports to Government required of Benefit Clubs.
Interested in case of Canada geese with seed in crop, because means of distribution is now a great hobby.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-1816
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- John Stevens Henslow
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 93: A106–A107
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 1816,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-1816.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 6
