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To O. C. Marsh   14 July [1878]1

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

July 14th

Dear Dr. Marsh

I send the two Photographs, & feel honoured by your wish to have them.2 I enjoyed most thoroughily your short visit here.3 Long life to you, & if possible greater success than before in your splendid scientific work.—

Yours very sincerely | Charles Darwin

Charles Darwin | Charles Darwin | Charles Darwin | Charles Darwin | Charles Darwin4

1
The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from W. E. Darwin, 10 July [1878].
2
William Erasmus Darwin had sent two photographs of CD that Marsh wished to have, and requested that they be sent to Marsh after CD had signed them (see letter from W. E. Darwin 10 July [1878]).
3
Marsh had visited Down on 9 July 1878 (letter to O. C. Marsh, 5 July [1878]).
4
Three additional signatures are on the back of the letter and two are on a separate sheet; CD possibly sent them as autographs for Marsh.

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Please cite as “DCP-LETT-11607,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-11607