From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Arthur Gardiner Butler
Date:
20 Feb [1879]
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, Library and Archives (General Special Collections MSS DAR 71)
Summary:
"I do not know whether the enclosed will be of any use to you.– I can say nothing of your fitness for the desired office, as I know nothing whatever of its duties.
I am sincerely sorry to hear of Mr F. Smith’s death."
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project