77.J. W. T. TO HUMBOLDT.
Höfgen, near Solingen,March 12th, 1844.
Höfgen, near Solingen,March 12th, 1844.
Höfgen, near Solingen,March 12th, 1844.
Höfgen, near Solingen,March 12th, 1844.
Your Excellency will not be offended at the liberty I take of writing you. Some time ago I read in the newspapers that somebody of Koenigsberg is said to have written you about secrets of nature, referring to photographs taken in the dark. I presume, therefore, that your Excellency is a naturalist and has friends who are likewise so. As I also have made important discoveries in secrets of nature, which my present business will not allow me to pursue, I wish to have an opportunity of speaking with you about them. Perhaps we can be useful to each other. I am perfectly willing to make the journey to Berlin, in order to see you. May it please your Excellency to write me as soon as possible at what time I can call on you at Berlin, if you have no objection to my visit.
In hope that you will favor me with an answer, I am, with due respect,
Your Excellency’s most obedient,J. W. T.
Your Excellency’s most obedient,J. W. T.
Your Excellency’s most obedient,J. W. T.
Your Excellency’s most obedient,
J. W. T.
Mr. Gottfried H., merchant at Berlin, can give you information, if required, as to my standing and character.
Note of Humboldt.—The presumption of the writer, arising from the perusal of a newspaper, that I might be a naturalist, is a fact. I am guilty of having published some books on Natural History as early as 1789.
Note of Humboldt.—The presumption of the writer, arising from the perusal of a newspaper, that I might be a naturalist, is a fact. I am guilty of having published some books on Natural History as early as 1789.
Note of Humboldt.—The presumption of the writer, arising from the perusal of a newspaper, that I might be a naturalist, is a fact. I am guilty of having published some books on Natural History as early as 1789.
Note of Humboldt.—The presumption of the writer, arising from the perusal of a newspaper, that I might be a naturalist, is a fact. I am guilty of having published some books on Natural History as early as 1789.