To Albany Hancock 17 July [1869]1
Caerdeon, Barmouth | N. Wales
July 17th
My dear Sir
I am going to beg a favour of you, which I know it is a mere chance whether you can grant.— Ernst Häckel is working zealously on Calcareous Sponges, & is now starting for Norway solely to carry out his investigations.2 He says he is in great want of British specimens; & I know not to whom to apply, nor does Huxley, from whom I heard this morning.3 Can you spare him any out of your collection? Do not trouble yourself to write unless you can aid us.— I shall be at home “Down, Beckenham Kent” last day of this month
Forgive me for asking this favour & believe me with the most sincere respect.
My dear Sir | Yours very faithfully | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Summary
Ernst Haeckel is working on calcareous sponges. Does AH have any British specimens that he can spare? [See 6842.]
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-6834A
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Albany Hancock
- Sent from
- Caerdeon
- Source of text
- E. C. Hodgkin (private collection)
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 6834A,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-6834A.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 17
