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From Thomas Blunt   11 August 1842

Shrewsbury

August 11th 1842

Dear Sir,

I have ascertained that the elevation of the town of Shrewsbury varies according to situation from 250 to 300 feet above the level of the sea.1

With respectful Compliments, | I remain, Dear Sir, | Yours, faithfully & obliged, | Thomas Blunt.

1
CD was interested in the elevation of Wales and Western England in connection with his paper ‘Notes on the effects produced by the ancient glaciers of Caernarvonshire’, Collected papers 1: 163–71. See letters from John Provis, 14 July 1842 and 20 July 1842.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-639,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-639