To J. S. Henslow 25 September [1857]1
Down Bromley Kent
Sept. 25th—
My dear Henslow
I have this minute writing to my son at Rugby,2 to tell him of your magnificent present. The Copper will especially delight him; & I write now to give you our hearty thanks.3
I hope Hooker will come here this autumn & then he will bring the specimens; & if he does not come I must run over to Kew for a day.
Please remember sometime when at Ipswich to enquire whether water-fowl have ever been seen on the great tank of Mr. Ransome’s.4
Ever my dear Henslow | Your’s most truly | C. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
OED: The Oxford English dictionary. Being a corrected re-issue with an introduction, supplement and bibliography of a new English dictionary. Edited by James A. H. Murray, et al. 12 vols. and supplement. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 1970. A supplement to the Oxford English dictionary. 4 vols. Edited by R. W. Burchfield. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 1972–86. The Oxford English dictionary. 2d edition. 20 vols. Prepared by J. A. Simpson and E. S. C. Weiner. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 1989. Oxford English dictionary additional series. 3 vols. Edited by John Simpson et al. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 1993–7.
Summary
Thanks JSH for his magnificent present. Hopes Hooker will bring the specimens.
Have water-fowl ever been seen at Ipswich on Mr Ransome’s great tank?
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-2329
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- John Stevens Henslow
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 93: A58–9
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 2329,” accessed on 29 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-2329.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 6