To T. H. Huxley 8 May [1869]¹

Down. | Beckenham | Kent. S.E.

May 8

My dear Huxley

Thanks for the enclosed letter which I return.²

I remember the circumstances & hoped for a better haul, but am delighted to hear of the one very curious fossil—³

ever yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin

The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from T. H. Huxley, 7 May 1869.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-6735,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-6735

Summary

Thanks for [D. D. Cunningham’s] letter. Had hoped for a better haul but delighted to hear of the curious fossil.

Record number: DCP-LETT-6735
From: Charles Robert Darwin
To: Thomas Henry Huxley
Date: 8 May [1869]
Sent from: Down
Source of text: Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 268)
Physical description: 1p

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Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 17.