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Darwin Correspondence Project

To ?   31 December [1861–8]1

Down. | Bromley. | Kent. S.E.

Dec 31st

Dear Sir

As I have never especially attended to Conchology I am sorry to say I cannot tell you the name of the enclosed shell which I now return—

Yours faithfully | Ch. Darwin

Footnotes

The date range is established by the printed stationery, which is a type that CD used between May 1861 and April 1869.

Summary

"As I have never especially attended to Conchology I am sorry to say I cannot tell you the name of the enclosed shell which I now return–"

Letter details

Letter no.
DCP-LETT-13881A
From
Charles Robert Darwin
To
Unidentified
Sent from
Down
Source of text
J. David Archibald (private collection)
Physical description
ALS 1p

Please cite as

Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 13881A,” accessed on 20 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-13881A.xml

Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 18 (Supplement)

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