To Richard Kippist 13 May [1863 or 1868]1
Down. | Bromley. | Kent. S.E.
May 13th
My dear Sir
If “Audubon’s Ornith. Biography” is in our Library, (5. vols.)2—will you be so kind as to have it ready for Carrier tomorrow Thursday morning.3 I forget whether it is permitted to have 5 vols.; but if not, could you venture to break the rule & mention it to the Secretary, as I much want all vols. as I shall have to refer to them many times during next fortnight.—4
Yours very sincerely | C. Darwin
If Carrier does not bring any vols. I shall understand you have it not.—5
Footnotes
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Summary
Asks to borrow J. J. Audubon [Ornithological biography (1831–9)].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-4159
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Richard Kippist
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University (Vault MSS 2, Box 12, Darwin)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 4159,” accessed on 16 May 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-4159.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 11