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To F. B. Goodacre   10 September [1879]1

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

Sep 10th 7o 30′ a.m.

Dear Sir

I write one line to say that the old goose & gander has just been despatched to B. St for earliest train to London.2

We have done the best we cd to make them as little miserable as possible during the journey & I hope that they will arrive safely

With very many thanks | Yours faithfully | Charles Darwin

LS

1
The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from F. B. Goodacre, 8 September 1879.
2
See letter from F. B. Goodacre, 8 September 1879. Bromley was a train station near Down.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-12224,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-12224