To Ernst Dieffenbach   25 January 18441

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‘… I am delighted at the thoughts of being able to contribute any Infusoria to your great countryman Ehrenberg…’2

Date taken from the Stargardt catalogue.
The Stargardt catalogue description notes that the letter was accompanied by a list of eight substances from CD’s collection, described in detail, which might be useful in Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg’s research on the Infusoria.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-732,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-732