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To G. J. Romanes   3 January [1882]1

Down Beckenham

Jan 3d.

My dear Romanes

I have heard from the Brazilian Legation that the documents were intended for me. & the Secy. feels sure that the Baron wd be gratified by the statements being published.—2 Pray, therefore, let me hear what you think about the whole story—

Yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin

Please return the documents & you can have them hereafter if you think fit.—

1
The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from Arthur de Souza Corrêa, 2 January 1882.
2
See letter from Arthur de Souza Corrêa, 2 January 1882 and n. 2. CD had received documents on new varieties of sugar cane from Ignacio Francisco Silveira da Motta, baron de Vila Franca; they were enclosed in the letter from Arthur de Souza Corrêa, 28 December 1881 (Correspondence vol. 29). See also letter to G. J. Romanes, 1 January [1882].

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-13597,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-13597