To W. G. Smith 6 November 1870
Down. | Beckenham | Kent. S.E.
Nov. 6th
Dear Sir
I am much obliged to you for your kindness in sending me the interesting fact communicated in your letter.1
I have not heard of any such case in the human family, but have long suspected that many grey coloured animals have thus originated.
With my best thanks, pray believe me | Dear Sir, yours faithfully | Charles Darwin
Footnotes
Summary
Thanks for the information sent by WGS in his letter of 4 November 1870.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-7359F
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Worthington George Smith
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- The British Library (Add MS 54224: 196)
- Physical description
- LS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 7359F,” accessed on 28 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-7359F.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 18