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To William Kemp   23 February [1844]1

Down Bromley Kent

Feb. 23d

Dear Sir

I much regret there has been so much delay in sending you your copies of your Paper—it was caused by a mistake of the Publishers.—2

I have taken the liberty of sending a copy to Prof. Lindley of the Gardener’s Chronicle & another to Mr Babington.—3

Yours very faithfully | C. Darwin

Footnotes

1
The year is determined by the relationship between this letter and the letter to William Kemp, 7 December [1843] (this volume, Supplement).
2
CD refers to Kemp 1844. CD had compiled it and sent it to the editors of Annals and Magazine of Natural History. See this volume, Supplement, letter to William Kemp, 7 December [1843] and Correspondence vol. 2, Appendix VI.

Bibliography

Kemp, William. 1844. An account of some seeds buried in a sand-pit which germinated. By Mr William Kemp of Galashiels, in a letter to Charles Darwin, Esq. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 13: 89–91.

Summary

Regrets the delay in sending copies of his paper.

Letter details

Letter no.
DCP-LETT-736F
From
Charles Robert Darwin
To
William Kemp
Sent from
Down
Source of text
Cambridge University Library (MS Add. 10252/34) (gift of Ruth Cramond and David Cramond)
Physical description
ALS 1p

Please cite as

Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 736F,” accessed on 20 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-736F.xml

Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 18 (Supplement)

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