To W. H. M. Christie 13 October [1874]1
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington S.E.R.
Oct 13
Dear Sir
I am extremely obliged to you & to the Astronomer Royal for so kindly informing me of the safe arrival of the Merope at New Zealand.2
Dear Sir | yours faithfully | Charles Darwin
Footnotes
The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from W. H. M. Christie, 12 October 1874.
See letter from W. H. M. Christie, 12 October 1874 and n. 1. The astronomer royal was George Biddell Airy. Leonard Darwin was on the Merope as part of the transit of Venus expedition.
Summary
Thanks WHMC and the Astronomer Royal for informing him of the safe arrival of the Merope [Leonard Darwin’s ship] at New Zealand. [See 9677.]
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-9678A
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- William Henry Mahoney Christie
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- CUL-RGO 6/273 (section 3-4: 381)
- Physical description
- LS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 9678A,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-9678A.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 22
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