To ?   23 September [1875–6?]1

Down, | Beckenham, Kent.

Sept. 23d

Dear Sir

I have the pleasure to comply with your request, as far as lies in my power—

I enclose also a photograph & remain | Dear Sir | Yours faithfully | Ch. Darwin

The year range is conjectured from the address; CD crossed out ‘Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.’ in the printed stationery, a custom that seems to have been common in 1875 and 1876.

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

0.1 Kent.] before del ‘Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.’

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-10167F,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-10167F