To William Walmisley Baxter 23 September [1857–9?]1
Down.
Sept 23
Dear Sir
I am sorry to say that the returned gloves are not at all tougher or stiffer than those which I possess. If you could get me a pair made with stiffer hairs, or bristles, I shd. be very much obliged.2
Yours faithfully | Ch. Darwin.
Footnotes
Bibliography
Browne, Janet. 2002. Charles Darwin. The power of place. Volume II of a biography. London: Pimlico.
Gully, James Manby. 1846. The water cure in chronic disease: an exposition of the causes, progress, & terminations of various chronic diseases of the digestive organs, lungs, nerves, limbs, & skin; and of their treatment by water, and other hygienic means. London: J. Churchill.
Summary
The returned gloves are similar to some he has already, and he would prefer a pair with stiffer bristles.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-2142F
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- William Walmisley Baxter
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Lyon & Turnbull, Edinburgh (dealers) (4 February 2009)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 2142F,” accessed on 29 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-2142F.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 18 (Supplement)