To Sven Nilsson 5 January 1869
Down. | Bromley. | Kent. S.E.
Jan 5 1869
Dear & Honoured Sir
I thank you sincerely for your great kindness in having taken so much trouble to oblige me.
The information which you have sent is exactly what I wanted, & will be of the greatest value to me.1
I am very proud to be able to add your photograph to my collection of eminent naturalists.2
With my best thanks & the most sincere respect | I remain my dear Sir | yours truly obliged | Charles Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Descent: The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1871.
Summary
Thanks SN for the trouble he has taken for him [on Lapland reindeer horns].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-6544
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Sven Nilsson
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Lund University Library Special Collections (Sven Nilsson papers)
- Physical description
- LS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 6544,” accessed on 28 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-6544.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 17