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To Leonard Darwin   12 August 1879

Coniston

Aug 12th.

My dear L

I do hope you will be able to come here1   The place is most beautiful and the inn very comfortable, but there are too many human beings for my taste

Ever dear old Lenny | Yours affec | C Darwin

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CD was on a family holiday in the Lake District from 2 to 27 August 1879 (Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)), staying at the Waterhead Hotel, Coniston.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-12191,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-12191