To Edwin C. Prince1 21 January [1839]2
Dear Sir
Will you have the kindness to inform me what generic or sub-generic name, Mr Gould has given to the Goat-Suckers of the United States.—3
Mr Gould has left a blank for this name to be put in, in one of his M.S. pages.—
Will you send me an answer by the Bearer, or a line by the 2d post.—
I was very glad to see by the Newspapers that Mr Gould had arrived safely at Hobart Town.—
Yours truly | Chas. Darwin 12 Upper Gower Stt.—
Jan 21st.—
Footnotes
Summary
Asks what generic and subgeneric name John Gould has given to the goatsuckers of the U. S. [for Birds].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-491
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Edwin Charles Prince
- Sent from
- London, Upper Gower St, 12
- Source of text
- Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection)
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 491,” accessed on 25 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-491.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 2