To Raphael Meldola 10 August [1881]1
Down
Aug. 10th
My dear Sir
I apologise for the trouble which I have caused you. The enclosed has been returned to me by the gentleman whom I had thanked for information given me.2
Yours in Haste | very faithfully | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter to Raphael Meldola, 8 August 1881.
CD had apparently sent the letter to Raphael Meldola, 8 August 1881, to August Dupré, and had sent the letter to August Dupré, 8 August 1881, to Meldola.
Summary
Apologises for the trouble he has caused RM. Encloses letter [13280] which has been returned to CD [by August Dupré, to whom CD had sent it in error].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-13284
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Raphael Meldola
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Oxford University Museum of Natural History (Hope Entomological Collections 1350: Hope/Westwood Archive, Darwin folder)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 13284,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-13284.xml
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