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To John Tyndall   3 March [1878]1

Down, | Beckenham, Kent. [4 Bryanston Street, London.]

Mar 3

My dear Tyndall

I have signed the enclosed with much pleasure, & consider it an honour to have been permitted to do so.2 I had intended calling to see, for I am writing this in London; but I have been so unwell I have hardly been able to do any thing— And now that I have seen Dr Clark shall return home early on Tuesday mg.3

yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin

LS

1
The year is established by the reference to CD being in London and visiting Andrew Clark; see n. 3, below.
2
Tyndall had started a petition for a Civil List pension for James Prescott Joule (Cardwell 1989, p. 246).
3
CD was in London from Wednesday 27 February until Tuesday 5 March 1878 ‘on account of Giddiness’ (CD’s ‘Journal’, Correspondence vol. 26, Appendix II). He paid Andrew Clark £3 on 15 March (CD’s Account books–banking account (Down House MS)).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-11912,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-11912