To G. H. Darwin 24 August [1881]¹

[Down.]

My dear G

The General Post Office has sent to you here 1^d. (which I have stolen) in answer to some complaint of yours. & for which they demand a Receipt which I have sent

C. Darwin

August 24^th.—

I keep the 1^d as payment for all the bother!!

The year is established by ‘81’ being written after the date in an unknown hand.

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

1.1 (which … stolen)] parentheses added pencil

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-13295,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-13295