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To W. B. Tegetmeier   3 September [1868]1

Down. | Bromley. | Kent. S.E.

Sept. 3d

My dear Sir

We have returned from the Isle of Wight2 & I am able to resume my work. I shd., therefore, be very much obliged if you would be so kind as to send me any information which you may have got, on the first plumage of Fowls, which I require for my immediate object.3 In reference to number of sexes in various domestic animals I can wait a little longer, if more convenient to you.—4

I hope that you & your family are all well.—

Pray believe me | My dear Sir | Yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin

1
The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letters to W. B. Tegetmeier, 23 April [1868] and 26 May 1868.
2
The Darwins returned from the Isle of Wight on 21 August 1868 (Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)).
3
For CD’s queries to Tegetmeier regarding the first plumage of fowls, see the letters to W. B. Tegetmeier, 20 May [1868] and 22 May [1868]; CD included an explanation of his interest in the topic in his letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, 26 May 1868. See also letter from W. B. Tegetmeier, 25 May 1868.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-6347,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-6347