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From Emily Beke   16 October 1879

Maison Colbert | Pau

16: Oct: 79

Dear Sir,

I beg to thank you most gratefully for your very very kind response to my letter, and to assure you that I shall never cease to appreciate your great kindness, though I deeply regret that there should be such real necessity for it. However, I have got over my worst difficulties, I trust, owing to the generous & continued help of my friends—1

Thanking you for your good wishes for my health & success—2

I remain | Sir | Yours sincerely & obliged | Emily Beke

Charles Darwin Esq

1
On 14 October 1877, CD recorded a charitable donation of £5 to Beke in his Classed account books (Down House MS). He had also sent her a gift in 1877 (Correspondence vol. 25, letter to [Agnes Taylor?], 22 October [1877]). Beke’s previous letter has not been found.
2
CD’s letter to Beke has not been found.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-12260,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-12260