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To W. B. Tegetmeier   29 March 1881

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

March 29th 1881

My dear Sir

I have received your fine work with its interesting illustrations, which I shall be glad to read.— I enclose a cheque.–1

I truly hope that your health keeps fairly good & that you are prosperous in all ways.—

My dear Sir | Yours sincerely | Ch. Darwin

1
CD’s copy of The natural history of the cranes (Blyth 1881) is in the Darwin Library–CUL; Tegetmeier had enlarged Edward Blyth’s original work, which had appeared in the Field in 1873 ([Blyth] 1873). CD had agreed to subscribe to the work in 1879 (Correspondence vol. 27, letter from W. B. Tegetmeier, 17 March 1879, and letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, 20 March 1879). On 29 March 1881, CD recorded a payment of £1 1s. under the heading ‘Tegetmeier’ in his Account books–banking account (Down House MS)).

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

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

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-13100,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-13100