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To Williams & Norgate   16 August [1881]

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

Aug. 16th

Dear Sir

I have never received the book as by enclosed—nor can I remember having ever ordered it. Can you find any order from me?

I could not have ordered it during the last few weeks, for the Author sent me a copy some time ago.1

Dear Sir | Yours faithfully | Ch. Darwin

I have waited a few days as parcels are sometimes delayed.

Endorsement: ‘1881’

1
The enclosure has not been found; the book may have been Hyatt 1880 (see letter to Alpheus Hyatt, 8 May 1881 and n. 1). A note on the front of the letter reads: ‘direct from America’.

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

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

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-13288G,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-13288G