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To Mr Russell1   12 July 1875

Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.

July 12. 75

Dear Sir

I have received Mr. Fitzgerald’s magnificent work all safe, & I will write to him when I have read it2

With many thanks | Yours very faithfully | Ch. Darwin

LS

1
The correspondent is identified as ‘Mr Russell’ in the letter to R. D. Fitzgerald, 16 July 1875.
2
The first part of Robert David Fitzgerald’s Australian orchids (Fitzgerald 1875–94) was published in July 1875 (Aust. dict. biog., s.v. Fitzgerald, Robert David). CD’s annotated copy is in the Darwin Library–CUL (see Marginalia 1: 229–30).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-10061A,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-10061A