From E. A. Darwin [after 13 September 1871]1
I told Ellen I would ask you to present Georgina with a copy of Chauncy Wright as she was anxious to see it; and I think you must have a good many copies in hand2
EAD
Footnotes
The date is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter to John Murray, 13 September 1871.
Erasmus refers to Ellen and Georgina Tollet and to Chauncey Wright’s pamphlet Darwinism: being an examination of Mr. St. George Mivart’s ‘Genesis of Species’ (Wright 1871b).
Summary
Georgina [Tollet?] is eager to see a copy of Chauncey Wright’s pamphlet [Darwinism (1871)].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-7946
- From
- Erasmus Alvey Darwin
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- unstated
- Source of text
- DAR 105: B75
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 7946,” accessed on 25 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-7946.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 19
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