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To Richard Owen 19 December [1836]
Summary
Has written to Royal College of Surgeons, exactly as RO recommended, concerning disposition of his South American fossil bones. He fixed on the British Museum, rather than Paris, to receive plaster casts, because he was on board a King’s ship. Suggests RO propose another set for Paris, where they would be more useful than at BM. Has scarcely begun unpacking his cases.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Richard Owen |
Date: | 19 Dec [1836] |
Classmark: | Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (GEN/D/DARWIN (C)/11) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-329 |
Document type
letter | (1) |
Addressee
Owen, Richard | (1) |