Item 8: Letter from Charles Darwin to Unknown, no date
Item — Box: 4, Folder: 8
Dates
- Created: no date
Creator
- Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 (Person)
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Access:
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Extent
1 items
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Type of Material:
Letter
Condition Note:
Good. Vinegar smell.
Measurements:
7 ⅞ in. x 4 ⅞ in.
Description:
The letter is authored on February 7th of an unknown year by English naturalist, geologist, and biologist, Charles Darwin to English author, natural historian, geologist, mineral collector, Charles Ottley Groom Napier. In the letter, Darwin is thanking him for gifting him a service in relation to the Blue Book within the letter. The illegibility and shorthand make this letter difficult to read. Further information on the connection and professional relationship of Charles O. G. Napier and Charles Darwin may be found in the Hudson Institute of Mineralogy’s digital archive. Other handwritten materials, letters, journals, etc., by Charles Darwin may be found at Darwin Online which has both typed and original pieces side-by-side for comparison.
A letter authored by Charles Ottley Groom Napier to Charles Darwin may be found at the University of Cambridge’s digital archive. Additionally, this letter provides historical commentary of the “Blue Book” mentioned within Darwin’s letter, which referred to the recorded minutes and actions of Parliamentary Committees and Royal Commissions.
Location:
Down, Beckenham, Kent, Harrow, London
Transcription:
Feb 27”
My dear sir I am v[er]y much obliged for your great kindness in having taken the time(?) to [procure/peruse] & mark papers in the Blue Book, & for making me a present of it. With v[er]y best thanks yours v[er]y faithfully Ch. Darwin happy
My dear sir I am v[er]y much obliged for your great kindness in having taken the time(?) to [procure/peruse] & mark papers in the Blue Book, & for making me a present of it. With v[er]y best thanks yours v[er]y faithfully Ch. Darwin happy
Creator
- Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Wilkes University Archives Repository
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84 W South St.
Wilkes-Barre PA 18701 US
570-408-2000
570-408-7823 (Fax)
ask.archives@wilkes.edu