To Francis Henry Salvin?1 31 October 1869
Down. | Beckenham | Kent.
Oct 31. 69
⟨My dear⟩ Sir,
I am very much obliged to you for your kindness in sending me the extracts about the jackal, which are extremely interesting & curious.2
With my best thanks | I beg leave to remain | Yours faithfully | Charles Darwin
Footnotes
The conjectured recipient is the author of the extracts on the jackal (see n. 2, below).
CD refers to an article by Salvin, ‘A domesticated jackal’, that appeared in Land and Water, 16 October 1869, p. 249, and a reader’s query with the author’s response that appeared in Land and Water, 23 October 1869, p. 267. CD’s annotated copies of the extracts are in DAR 53.2: 118.
Summary
Thanks correspondent for sending extracts about the jackal.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-6962
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Unidentified
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- McGill University Library, Department of Rare Books
- Physical description
- LS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 6962,” accessed on 13 May 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-6962.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 17
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