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To Thomas Davidson   7 April 1873

Down, | Beckenham, Kent. [16 Montague Street, London]

Ap. 7 1873

My dear Sir

I am much obliged for your kind invitation, & for the catalogue of your wonderful collection of Cretacean Fossils.1 There are few things that I should enjoy more than seeing the Brighton Aquarium & accepting your invitation; but I have found by repeated experience that I cannot visit any where.

Your instance of inheritance is very curious & I am fully prepared to entirely accept it.

My dear Sir | yours faithfully & obliged | Ch. Darwin

LS

1
Davidson’s letter and catalogue have not been found. Davidson published a monograph on British fossil Brachiopoda (Davidson 1851–86), the first volume of which included the Cretaceous species. Davidson’s collections were bequeathed to the British Museum (Natural History).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-8845,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-8845