To George Brettingham Sowerby Jr 31 [March 1846]1
Down Bromley Kent
Tuesday 31
Dear Sir
I write merely to thank you for your note with the desired information.— As soon as I can find out how many Cordillera shells require illustration, I will immediately decide upon the number of the Tertiary & make arrangements for you to commence.2
Yours faithfully | C. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
South America: Geological observations on South America. Being the third part of the geology of the voyage of the Beagle, under the command of Capt. FitzRoy RN, during the years 1832 to 1836. By Charles Darwin. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1846.
Summary
Thanks for his note; as soon as CD knows how many Cordillera Tertiary fossil shells require illustration he will make arrangements for GBS jr to begin.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-969
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- George Brettingham Sowerby, Jr
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 969,” accessed on 28 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-969.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 3