To Harvard University Library?   2 October [1879]1

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

Oct 2d

Mr C. Darwin encloses a P. order for 16s.8d, which he is informed is equal to 4 dollars for Prof Scudders Catalogue.—2

The year is established by the reference to Scudder 1879; the recipient is conjectured from the publisher of Scudder 1879 (see n. 2, below).
Samuel Hubbard Scudder’s Catalogue of scientific serials of all countries was published by the Library of Harvard University in 1879 (Scudder 1879). It appears in CD’s Library catalogue (DAR 240), but is no longer in the Darwin Libraries at CUL or Down.

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

0.1 (Railway … S.E.R.)] parentheses added

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-12244,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-12244