To John Le Couteur 6 April [1871]
Down. | Beckenham | Kent. S.E.
April 6th
Dear Sir
I should at any time have felt truly honoured by a communication from you, without any form of introduction.1 I have during many years admired your admirable works & greatly profited by them.2 My old & revered friend & instructor, the late Prof. Henslow3 used often to speak of your great powers of observation.— I shall feel greatly obliged by the communication of any fact, which you may be so good as to send me.
With much respect, I beg leave to remain | Dear Sir | Yours faithfully, | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Le Couteur, John. 1836. On the varieties, properties, and classification of wheat. London: Shearsmith.
Variation: The variation of animals and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1868.
Summary
Is honoured to hear from JLC and would welcome the communication of any facts that he cares to send him.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-7661A
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- John Le Couteur
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 185: 106
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 7661A,” accessed on 25 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-7661A.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 19
