To G. H. Darwin   3 May [1879]¹

My dear G.

I have come across again M^r Keir’s statement in a letter to my Father, dated June 18^th 1802, in which he twice refers to some malicious calumny about D^r. D. in the “Monthly magazine”.² Will you have another look in the Cambridge Library. It may have been at close of 1801; but this is not likely.

Can the calumny be in some brief obituary notice at end of volume? It must have been some baddish calumny as it is said by M^r Keir, “that D^r. Fox & M^r Hadley have printed a declaration contradicting the falsehood”.³ Can there is two Monthly Magazines, slightly differing, such as the “Gentlemans Monthly Magazine” or “London Monthly Mag”, &c & that the first half of Title was dropped as my Father knew to what magazine M^r Keir referred. See what you can do to help me.—

Yours affect | C. Darwin