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To C. H. Blackley   14 June [1873]1

Down, | Beckenham, Kent.

June 14th

Dear Sir

I thank you very sincerely for your kindness in having sent me your Experimental Researches &c &c.—2 The subject is one which much interests me, & as soon as I have finished reading a book in hand, I will assuredly begin with interest in yours—

— I remain | Dear Sir | Yours faithfully & obliged | Ch. Darwin

Footnotes

1
The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from C. H. Blackley, 7 July 1873.
2
CD’s annotated copy of Experimental researches on the causes and nature of catarrhus æstivus (hay-fever or hay-asthma) (Blackley 1873) is in the Darwin Library–CUL (see Marginalia 1: 59).

Bibliography

Blackley, Charles Harrison. 1873. Experimental researches on the causes and nature of catarrhus æstivus (hay-fever or hay-asthma). London: Bailliere, Tindall & Cox.

Marginalia: Charles Darwin’s marginalia. Edited by Mario A. Di Gregorio with the assistance of Nicholas W. Gill. Vol. 1. New York and London: Garland Publishing. 1990.

Summary

Thanks for sending Experimental researches. He will read it as soon as he finishes a book in hand. [See 8965.]

Letter details

Letter no.
DCP-LETT-8943A
From
Charles Robert Darwin
To
Charles Harrison Blackley
Sent from
Down
Source of text
Arbor 441–2 (September–October 1982): 148
Physical description
ALS 1p

Please cite as

Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 8943A,” accessed on 26 September 2022, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-8943A.xml

Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 21

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