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Darwin Correspondence Project

To C. H. Morris   16 January [1872]1

Down, | Beckenham, Kent.

Jan 16th

Dear Madam

I have the pleasure to send the Photograph as requested. I have directed Mr Murray to send to you (free of charge) for Prof. Bouton a copy of my Journal.2

Dear Madam | Yours faithfully | Ch Darwin

Mrs Morris

Footnotes

The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from Louis Bouton, 15 December 1871 (Correspondence vol. 19).
Louis Bouton had asked CD for a photograph of himself and a copy of his Journal of researches, naming Mrs Morris as the London agent of the Royal Society of Arts and Sciences of Mauritius, to whom any request for payment should be sent (see Correspondence vol. 19, letter from L. S. Bouton, 15 December 1871). CD also refers to his publisher, John Murray.

Bibliography

Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.

Journal of researches: Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by HMS Beagle, under the command of Captain FitzRoy, RN, from 1832 to 1836. By Charles Darwin. London: Henry Colburn. 1839.

Summary

Is sending the requested photograph.

Mr Murray will send a copy of CD’s Journal of researches to L. S. Bouton [see 8107a].

Please cite as

Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 8161A,” accessed on 28 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-8161A.xml

Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 20

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