To G. E. Harris 5 March [1862]1
Down Bromley Kent
March 5.
Sir
I have directed Mr. Murray to send to you a copy of the “Origin”, & I hope it may in some degree interest you.—2
Sir | Yours faithfully | C. Darwin
Footnotes
The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from G. E. Harris, 3 March 1862 (see Correspondence vol. 10).
In his letter of 3 March 1862 (Correspondence vol. 10), Harris had requested a copy of Origin because he could not afford to buy it. John Murray was CD’s publisher. This letter was found inside a copy of Origin 3d ed.
Summary
Has directed Murray to send Harris a copy of Origin.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-3466F
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- George Edwin Harris
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Mrs Jane Brown (private collection)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 3466F,” accessed on 26 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-3466F.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 24 (Supplement)
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