To John George Children 22 February [1838]1
36 Grt. Marlbro’ St
Dear Sir
During the last six months, I have had occasion several times to consult the collection of Birds in the British Museum.—2 With respect to the subject of your letter, I have much pleasure in informing you, that Mr George Gray has uniformly acted towards me with courtesy.3
He not only has always opened as many cases, as I required with readiness, but has likewise repeatedly given me much useful information, often suggesting books of reference and other means by which I could obtain a knowledge of the subject I had in view.—4
I have the pleasure to remain | Dear Sir | Very faithfully yours | Chas. Darwin
February 22d.—
Footnotes
Bibliography
Brandon-Jones, Christine. 1996. Charles Darwin and the repugnant curators. Annals of Science 53: 501–10.
Cuvier, Georges. 1840. Cuvier’s animal kingdom: arranged according to its organisation. Mammalia, birds, and reptiles by Edward Blyth. The fishes and radiata by Robert Mudie. The molluscous animals by George Johnston. The articulated animals by J. O. Westwood. London: Wm. S. Orr and Co.
Summary
Testifies to the courtesy and helpfulness of George Gray [assistant at the British Museum]. [See 402b.]
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-402F
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- John George Children
- Sent from
- London, Gt Marlborough St, 36
- Source of text
- British Museum (Officers’ Reports 20 (1838): 5314)
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 402F,” accessed on 20 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-402F.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 13 (Supplement)