To A. D. Bartlett 14 February [1865]
Down. | Bromley. | Kent. S.E.
Feb 14
My dear Sir
I am very much obliged for your note,1 answering so fully all my questions, & for the feathers of the Gallus.2 The rabbit has arrived safely, but most unfortunately for me the entrails have been taken out.3 If you catch the other, will you be so good as to send it unmutilated, to me
“care of the Down Postman | Bromley Kent.”
with my thanks believe me | yours faithfully, | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Variation: The variation of animals and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1868.
Summary
CD sends thanks for feather of the Gallus.
The rabbit arrived safely, but unfortunately the entrails had been removed; if ADB catches the other one, CD would like it sent unmutilated.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-4771
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Abraham Dee Bartlett
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.)
- Physical description
- LS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 4771,” accessed on 20 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-4771.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 13
