To Max Steffen   17 February 1882

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

Feb. 17th 1882

Dear Sir

I hope that you will express to your fellow-students my thanks for their kind good wishes on my birth-day. I sincerely, hope that you may all be successful in your several careers, & all fairly happy.—1

Believe me | Yours faithfully | Charles Darwin

See letter from Max Steffen, 12 February 1882. CD’s birthday was 12 February; he was 73.

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

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

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-13691A,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-13691A