From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Maurice Herbert
Date:
[Jan 1839 – Sept 1842]
Source of text:
Bonhams, New York (dealers) (11 December 2013)
Summary:
Suggests the names of two bird-preservers for JMH’s friend.
In reference to an earlier letter, replies: "As for Birds of Paradise from the West Indies, tell that to the marines, as we used to say on board the Beagle".
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project