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To Henry Johnson   18 November 1880

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

Nov. 18th 1880

My dear Johnson

Nothing can be clearer than your answers to my queries, & I am very much obliged to you for all the great trouble which you have taken.1 I regret that I shd. have sent these questions at a time when you must have suffered from fatigue & distress.

I shd. very much like to visit Wroxeter,2 but I have very little bodily strength, & such a journey would quite knock me up.—

According to your desire I will sign my name on the next page, but good Lord what geese people are about autographs.

Once again thanking you most truly I remain | yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin

Charles Darwin | Down, Kent | Nov. 18th 1880.—

1
Johnson’s letter and CD’s queries have not been found. CD had previously asked Johnson to measure worm activity at Wroxeter in Shropshire (see Correspondence vol. 19, letter to Henry Johnson, 23 December 1871).
2
In Earthworms, pp. 222–8, CD included detailed observations by Johnson of the thickness of vegetable mould in fields above the Roman remains at Wroxeter.

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

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

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-12827A,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-12827A