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To Hugo de Vries   8 August [1878]1

Leith Hill Place | Dorking

August 8th

My dear Sir

I regret extremely that I left home yesterday before the arrival of your note (which was forwarded to me here) & that I do not return home for 3 weeks.2

On some future occasion, I hope to have the pleasure of seeing you at Down,3 & with all good wishes & much respect, I remain | My dear Sir, Yours very faithfully | Charles Darwin

1
The year is established by the address (see n. 2, below).
2
The Darwins visited family in Surrey and Staffordshire between 7 and 22 August 1878 (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)).
3
In the event, De Vries visited CD on 14 August 1878, while CD was staying at Abinger, Surrey (Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)).

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

0.1 Leith … Dorking] above del ‘Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S. E. R.’

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-11645F,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-11645F