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To C. G. Semper   24 July [1878]1

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

July 24th

My dear Sir

I am uncommonly pleased that you will accept the machine, & I heartily thank you for your too kind letter.2 Some persons in England & America have got quite accustomed to its use (I found that I was too old to learn) & regularly employ it for their correspondence.3 If it should aid you in writing out your most valuable researches, it will be a very great satisfaction to me. It shall be sent tomorrow morning to the Makers to be cleaned & packed, & I will tell them to forward it to Mr. Hermann.4 It would be advisable for you to write to him, as they may be surprised at the Bank & refuse to receive a large & heavy case.— I have urged the makers to have it packed & sent off immediately.

Believe me, my dear Sir | Yours very truly | Charles Darwin

1
The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from C. G. Semper, 22 July 1878.
3
CD had purchased his typewriter in May 1876 (see Correspondence vol. 24, letter from Francis Darwin, [1 May 1876] and n. 4).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-11629,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-11629