To Samuel Birch   6 February [1856]1

Down Bromley Kent

Feb. 6th

My dear Sir

I am most sincerely obliged for your note, & for the very great trouble you are so kindly willing to take for me.—2 I shall be in London in a fortnight’s time, when I will call, previously letting you know when I will come.3 I hope that this little delay will not be inconvenient to you.—

With my best thanks | Your’s truly obliged | Ch. Darwin

1
Dated by the relationship to the letter to J. E. Gray, 14 January [1856].
2
CD had asked Birch, through John Edward Gray, to check ancient and modern Chinese sources for references to varieties of domesticated animals and cultivated plants (see letter to J. E. Gray, 14 January [1856]).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-1829A,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-1829A