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From Charles Layton   20 March 1877

16 Little Britain (City)

March 20/77

Charles Darwin Esq

Dear Sir

I enclose cheque on Union Bank for £42.2.4 in payment of above a/c, a receipt will oblige | Yours Respectfully | Charles Layton | Agt D. Appleton & Co1

[Enclosure]

Sales by D. Appleton & Co to Feby 1/77 for a/c Chas Darwin

Origin of Species
1876 Feby 1. On hand 287
Printed since 750
Feby 1/77 on hand 310
sold 727 5% of $2 $72.70
Expression of Emotions
Feby 1/76 On hand 1371
Feby 1/77 " 1310
sold 61 10% of $350. 21.35
Descent of Man
Feby 1/76 on hand 83
Mch. Printed 1 Vol Ed 500 583
Feby 1/77 On hand 1 Vol Ed 158
2 " " 00
Ed short 8
Damaged 3
sold 414 10% of $2 82.80
Found $ 176.85
Insectivorous Plants
Feby 1/76 On hand 682
" 1/77 " 475 sold 207 10% of $2 41.40
$218.252
Stg value Exch 110 Gold 106 £42.2.4
Feby 1/77, On hand 1 vol Ed 158
2 " " 00
Ed short 8
Damaged 3
sold 414 10% of $2 82.80
Found $ 176.85
1
The payment was royalties for the US editions of CD’s works; CD recorded the receipt of £42 2s. 4d. in his Account books–banking account (Down House MS) on 2 April 1877.
2
Origin 3d US ed. was published from stereotypes of the sixth London edition in 1873. Expression US ed. was published in December 1872 from stereotypes of the English edition but has an 1873 imprint on the title page. Descent 2d US ed. was published in 1875 from stereotypes of Descent 2d ed. (tenth thousand). Insectivorous plants US ed. was published in 1875 from stereotypes of the English edition. (Freeman 1977.)

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-10907,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-10907