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To W. C. Marshall   27 December 1877

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

Dec 27. 1877

My dear Marshall,

Many thanks for your note & full explanations   I cannot allow you to pay the small extra charge for glass, consequent on a trifling mistake.1 I have quite forgotten Mr Deard’s address & therefore will you be so kind as to forward the enclosed cheque to him2

The rooms are all very comfortable, & I am much obliged to you for all the trouble which you have taken.

Yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin

P.S. | Many thanks for the erratum which you kindly sent

P.S. | I have just found Mr Deards address on his bill so I send the cheque myself3

LS

1
Marshall’s letter has not been found; he had been engaged by CD to design and oversee the building of an addition to Down House in September 1876 (see Correspondence vol. 24, letter to W. C. Marshall, 19 September 1876). CD recorded a payment of £30 10s under the heading ‘Marshall for new Room’ on 27 December 1877 in his Account books–cash account (Down House MS).
2
Alfred Deards, a builder, had premises at 36 Webber Row, Blackfriars, London. This sentence was later crossed out in pencil.
3
CD recorded a payment of £241 9s. 9d. under the heading ‘Deards for new Room’ on 27 December 1877 in his Account books–cash account (Down House MS).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-11291,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-11291