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Darwin Correspondence Project

To [John Gould?]   [before 10 May 1866?]1

in the [north] of Engla⁠⟨⁠nd⁠⟩⁠ ⁠⟨⁠   ⁠⟩⁠ ⁠⟨⁠   ⁠⟩⁠ & with the ⁠⟨⁠   ⁠⟩⁠ ⁠⟨⁠   ⁠⟩⁠ that (for the convenience ⁠⟨⁠   ⁠⟩⁠ ⁠⟨⁠   ⁠⟩⁠ everybody concerned) ⁠⟨⁠      ⁠⟩⁠ you ⁠⟨⁠      ⁠⟩⁠ the day

Would you have the kindness to add to next page the name of Humming Bird & tear off sheet & post it in enclosed envelope.—

Yours sincerely obliged | Ch. Darwin

Footnotes

The date and recipient are conjectured from the possible relationship between this letter and the letter from John Gould, 10 May 1866 (Correspondence vol. 14).

Summary

Asks for the name of a hummingbird.

Letter details

Letter no.
DCP-LETT-5075F
From
Charles Robert Darwin
To
John Gould
Sent from
Down
Source of text
Jeff Weber, Rare Books (dealer) (October 2018)
Physical description
ALS inc

Please cite as

Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 5075F,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-5075F.xml

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