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To Albert Günther   22 December [1881]1

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

Dec. 22

My dear Dr Günther

I thank you sincerely for all the trouble, which you have so kindly taken. My case is hopeless as my man is 31 years old. Nor cd. I influence the Archbishop & the other two great men.2

With many thanks | Yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin

1
The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter to F. W. Surman, 22 December 1881.
2
See letter from Albert Günther, 21 December 1881, and letter to F. W. Surman, 22 December 1881. Candidates for a post at the British Museum needed to be placed on a list by one of the three principal trustees; they were the archbishop of Canterbury (Archibald Campbell Tait), the lord chancellor (Roundell Palmer), and the speaker of the House of Commons (Henry Brand). CD’s candidate was Frederic William Surman.

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

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

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-13575,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-13575