To C. H. Blackley   14 January 1879

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

Jan 14th / 79

Dear Sir

I must send you a line to thank you for your letter. The notion of the girl those men & women are descended from distinct progenitors is certainly a very ludicrous one.1

Dear Sir | Yours faithfully | Ch. Darwin

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-11826F,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-11826F