From Charles Layton   10 March 1876

16 Little Britain (City)

March 10/76

Dear Sir

I enclose cheque on Union Bank for £35.13.8 in payment of above a/c which please acknowledge & oblige1

Yours Respectfully | Charles Layton | Agent D. Appleton & Co

Charles Darwin Esq

The Stereo Plates N.E Variation of Plants & Animals have been sent to New York, since Feby 18 date of letter opposite—2

The payment was for the royalties for the US editions of CD’s works; see letter from D. Appleton & Co., 18 February 1876. CD recorded the receipt of £35 13s. 8d. in his Account books–banking account (Down House MS) on 11 March 1876.
The letter was written on the verso of the letter from D. Appleton & Co., 18 February 1876. Layton refers to the stereotype plates for the second (new) edition of Variation.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-10417,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-10417