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To A. G. More   [after 28 September 1881]1

[Down.]

My dear Sir.

I well remember your K. assis about Orchids; but as I am not personally acquainted with you & as I cannot remember to have read any of your works, it would be dishonest in me to give you any testimonial about the Curatorship, not that I have the least reason to suppose that you could not fill the post well.2

I am sorry that I cannot accede to your request & remain | Yrs truly | Ch Darwin

ADraftS

1
The date is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from A. G. More, 28 September 1881.
2
More was applying for the curatorship of the Natural History Department of the Science and Art Museum, Dublin, and had asked CD to write a testimonial in support of his application (see letter from A. G. More, 28 September 1881).

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

1.1 but] after del ‘& it gr’
1.3 you] interl
1.4 fill] after added and del ‘well’
1.4 well.] interl above del point
2.1 I cannot] after del ‘Pray excuse me’
2.1 Yrs] after del ‘My dear Sir’

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-13362,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-13362