From John Michels 9 December 1877
Summary
Sends a drawing [missing] of alleged fossil man found in Colorado. JM is certain it is a hoax perpetrated by P. T. Barnum. It was designed to conform to CD’s well-known views of man’s ancestor.
| Author: | John Michels |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 9 Dec 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 176 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11272 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … letter from J. P. Chesney, 28 October 1877 ). The figure had been unearthed near Beulah, Colorado, and although soon revealed not to be a petrified human, it was later thought to be an ancient work of art, before eventually being revealed as a hoax (see Tribble 2009 , pp. 199–219). The land where the figure was found was not owned by Phineas Taylor …
Document type
| letter | (1) |
Addressee
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
Correspondent
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
| Michels, John | (1) |
Date
| 1877 | (1) |
