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To Henry Bradshaw   12 April [1876]1

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

April 12

My dear Mr Bradshaw

I am very much obliged to you for the trouble which you have taken.2 The letter seems to me a real curiosity. I hope that you will give my thanks to the learned Rabbi who translated the letter.3

Yours very truly & obliged | Charles Darwin

1
The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from Naphtali Lewy, [26 March – 24 April 1876].
2
CD had sent Bradshaw the letter from Naphtali Lewy, [26 March – 24 April 1876] to have it translated from Hebrew into English (Colp and Kohn 1996, p. 1718).
3
The rabbi has not been identified; his translation follows the letter from Naphtali Lewy, [26 March – 24 April 1876].

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-10447,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-10447