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Darwin Correspondence Project

To James Murie   14 December [1880]1

Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | (Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.) [Leith Hill Place, Surrey.]

Dec. 14th Tuesday

My dear Dr. Murie

Would you have the kindness to send me a P. Card with Prof. Allman’s address on next Friday & Saturday, as I wish to communicate with him promptly, & believe that he is sometimes in London & sometimes in the country. I daresay as he is our President you will know his address.—2

Believe me | Yours very faithfully | Ch. Darwin

Footnotes

The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter to G. J. Allman, 17 December 1880.
Murie was assistant secretary of the Linnean Society; George James Allman was president.

Summary

Requests G. J. Allman’s address.

Letter details

Letter no.
DCP-LETT-12912
From
Charles Robert Darwin
To
James Murie; Linnean Society
Sent from
Leith Hill Place Down letterhead
Source of text
Linnean Society of London (LL/4)
Physical description
ALS 1p

Please cite as

Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12912,” accessed on 25 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12912.xml

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