To P. L. Sclater   24 December [1866]1

Down Bromley | Kent.

Dec 24

Dear Sclater

I have thought you might like to see the enclosed proposal, & if you thought fit you cd communicate directly with the man.2 Do not trouble yourself to acknowledge this.

yours very sincerely. | Ch. Darwin

LS

1
The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from B. D. Walsh, [28 November 1866] (see n. 2, below).
2
CD enclosed a page of a letter from Benjamin Dann Walsh in which Walsh asked whether CD knew of any ornithologist who might want to trade bird skins with the American collector, Jacob W. Velie (see letter from B. D. Walsh, [28 November 1866] and letter to B. D. Walsh, 24 December [1866]).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-5318,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-5318