To ? 23 January [1843–6 or 1856–69]¹

Down Bromley Kent

Jan. 23^d

Dear Sir

I am much obliged to you for sending me a copy of your memoir, with its wonderfully beautiful illustrations, on the most interesting scientific point, which has occurred for many years.—²

With my best thanks I beg leave to remain | Dear Sir | Yours faithfully | Ch. Darwin

The date range is established by the form of the address; CD used this address from October 1842 to April 1846, and from October 1855 to March 1869.

The memoir has not been identified.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-13873,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-13873

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Obliged for memoir with illustrations on most interesting point [unspecified] to occur in many years.

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Record number: DCP-LETT-13873
From: Charles Robert Darwin
To: Unidentified
Date: 23 Jan 1843
Date: 23 Jan 1844
Date: 23 Jan 1845
Date: 23 Jan 1846
Date: 23 Jan 1856
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Date: 23 Jan 1869
Sent from: Down
Source of text: Edward Ford (private collection)
Physical description: 1p

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Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 18-Supplement.

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