BIB_ID
107299
Accession number
MA 1492
Creator
Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882.
Display Date
Down, England, 1860? March 4.
Credit line
Gift of DeCoursey Fales, 1953.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 18 x 10.9 cm
Notes
Darwin does not list a year of writing, but "1860" appears on the docket and, based on the contents, is a likely dating. See the published edition of the correspondence, cited below, for additional information.
Darwin gives the place of writing as "Down Bromley Kent." Beginning in 1842, he lived at Down House, located near the village of Downe (known as "Down" at the time), which was situated in the district of Bromley and the county of Kent. It is now considered part of Greater London.
Docketed. The recipient was most likely a bookseller.
A vertical line has been drawn through the letter.
Darwin gives the place of writing as "Down Bromley Kent." Beginning in 1842, he lived at Down House, located near the village of Downe (known as "Down" at the time), which was situated in the district of Bromley and the county of Kent. It is now considered part of Greater London.
Docketed. The recipient was most likely a bookseller.
A vertical line has been drawn through the letter.
Provenance
Carnegie Bookshop Cat. 182:92.
Summary
Ordering a copy of "'Jukes' Students Manual of Geology', published two or three years ago" and an issue of Macmillan's Magazine (number 2, December 1859).
Catalog link
Department