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To W. C. Marshall   20 [April 1877]1

2 Bryanston Court

Friday 20th

[Discussing alterations to Darwin’s country house, and asking Marshall to arrange for some ‘good locks and window-fastenings’ which Darwin has discovered are not included in his contract. He proceeds to discuss the question of a cornice in a passageway. A note on the verso in another hand concerns another building problem—‘the knotty point of the bell-pull’.]2

1
The month and year are established by the address, the day of the week, and the subject (see n. 2, below). In 1877, the twentieth of the month fell on a Friday only in April and July. CD stayed at 2 Bryanston Street, London, the home of his daughter and son-in-law, Henrietta Emma and Richard Buckley Litchfield, from 20 to 24 April 1877 (Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)).
2
CD had engaged Marshall as architect to build an addition to Down House in September 1876 (see Correspondence vol. 24, letter to W. C. Marshall, 19 September 1876).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-10939F,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-10939F