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Last page of a letter with a five-line P.S. concerning pen-holders.
Sends cheque.
Writes of Henrietta’s illness.
Returns [an unspecified] enclosure referring to "a most wonderful cure".
Discusses family and domestic matters.
Has heard, through Lubbock, of a gentleman who is offering a partnership in a bank.
Discusses the opportunity for WED to become a partner in a bank.
Writes about dealings through John Lubbock regarding [a banking partnership for] WED.
Writes regarding the possibility of banking partnership for WED; second note arranges a meeting between the involved parties in London.
Asks whether WED has signed the articles of partnership in the bank.
Has been working at orchid drawings with G. B. Sowerby, Jr.
Discusses business matters relating to WED and the bank.
Tells of a shooting competition at Down.
Has been working hard at orchid drawings with G. B. Sowerby, Jr.
Discusses affairs at Down and Southampton.
Reports events at Down;
has been doing good work on the homologies of orchids.
Discusses stock-brokers; hopes to be able to see WED at Christmas.
Reports on state of family’s health.
Two letters for WED at E. A. Darwin's. G. H. Darwin has been to dentist. Please collect and pay for GHD’s skates.