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To Albert Günther   28 January [1877]1

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

Jan 28. 76

My dear Dr Günther,

I have signed the enclosed certificates with the greatest pleasure.2

If you think it worth while to send me the numbers of any labels which are still attached, I can give the habitat with certainty.3 In some few cases I recorded the colours, & more especially the habits of the species.

Believe me | Yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin

LS

1
The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letters to Albert Günther, 25 February [1877] and 3 March 1877; 1876 was evidently written in error.
2
CD signed Günther’s certificate of recommendation for fellowship of the Linnean Society; Günther was elected on 1 March 1877 (Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London (1876–77): xvi).
3
Günther had evidently enquired about spider specimens that CD deposited at the British Museum after the Beagle voyage. Günther made notes on the back of this letter for his reply: ‘tube with spider. No. 2 | — — — No. 235 tin label | — — — No. 1442 " " ’. His reply has not been found, but see the letter to Albert Günther, 3 March 1877.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-10372,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-10372