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To E. K. Blyth   26 February [1879]1

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

Feb 26th

Dear Sir

My son’s paper is in the Journal of Statistical Socy. June 1875 p 153.— He published shortly afterwards in (I am almost sure) the Contemporary R, (though possibly it was the Fortnightly R.) a popular account & more intelligible of his conclusions.— He is abroad so I cannot ask him2

Dear Sir | yours faithfully | Ch. Darwin

1
The year is established by the sales catalogue’s statement that the envelope was postmarked 1879, and by George Howard Darwin’s being abroad (see n. 2, below). The recipient is established by the address on the envelope.
2
George’s paper ‘Marriages between first cousins in England and their effects’ was published in the Journal of the Statistical Society of London; a shorter version appeared in the Fortnightly Review (G. H. Darwin 1875a and 1875b). George was in Algeria (letter from G. H. Darwin, 3 March 1879).

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