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To Francis Galton   8 May [1881]1

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

May 8th

My dear Galton

Did I not give you a letter from a Mr Bishop, in the U. States, about hair turning grey for 3 generations at the same early age?—2 If I did, & you could find it (which perhaps you cannot) will you send it to me: I have received another letter from him, & if I can recover the first one will draw up when I have leisure a note for Nature, with this & another case of inherited mutilation.—3

Ever yours | Ch Darwin

1
The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from I. P. Bishop, 24 April 1881.
2
The letter from Irving Prescott Bishop about hair turning grey has not been found.
3
The most recent letter CD had received from Bishop was that of 24 April 1881. CD discussed both cases of inheritance in his letter to Nature, 13 July [1881].

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

0.1 (Railway … S.E.R.)] parentheses added
1.4 when … leisure] interl

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-13150,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-13150