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To Mr Russell   26 June [1875]1

Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | (Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.) [Abinger Hall, Surrey.]

June 26th

Dear Sir

I am very sorry that you have had so much trouble about my address.— My house is seven miles from Beckenham in an out of the way place, & I have been & am still absent from my home— I would suggest you sending the book, which Mr Fitzgerald has been so kind as to send to me, either by post or Railway to me, & after I have seen it, will write to Mr. Fitzgerald.2

Pray accept my thanks & I remain Dear Sir | Yours Faithfully | Ch. Darwin.

1
The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter to Mr Russell, 12 July 1875. The correspondent is referred to as ‘Mr Russell’ in the letter to R. D. Fitzgerald, 16 July 1875. He has not been further identified.
2
The book was the first part of Robert David Fitzgerald’s Australian orchids (Fitzgerald 1875–94; see letter to Mr Russell, 12 July 1875). Fitzgerald had evidently asked Russell to give a copy of it to CD.

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

0.1 (Railway … S.E.R.)] parentheses added

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-10031F,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-10031F