From J. G. Forchhammer1   [15 November 1849]2

My dear Sir.

With the steamer Camilla which left Copenhagen some days ago, I have sent to You all the fossil peduncalated Cirrhipedes which our collection contains and inclosed You will find a letter from Prof. Steenstrup3 which will tell You about the changes which he thinks proper to make in his former destinctions. I have not separated those specimens which I could give You for Your own collection and I should be obliged to You if You would return them all with Your names; specifiing which of them You should wish for Your own collection.

Contemporary copy

1
The letter has been transcribed from Forchhammer’s copy book (Copiebog 2).
2
The date is taken from a note on the copy: ‘(Chas Darwin) 15, Nov 1849.’
3
Johannes Japetus Smith Steenstrup’s letter has not been found.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-1270,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-1270