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To John Brown   20 February 1882

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

Feb. 20th 1882

Dear Sir

As I have been informed that you have generously offered to collect subscriptions for Mrs. Cupples, in order to set her up in a small shop, I have taken the liberty of enclosing 40 £ for this purpose.—1

With much respect I beg leave to remain | Dear Sir | Yours faithfully | Charles Darwin

1
On 19 February 1882, CD recorded a payment of £40 under the heading ‘Dr Brown for Mrs Cupples—Charity’. In 1872, Anne Jane Cupples had provided CD with information on the expressions of dogs that howled to music (see Correspondence vol. 20, letter from A. J. Cupples to Emma Darwin, 8 November [1872]). In 1877, CD had written to the the Royal Literary Fund in support of Cupples’s work and to confirm her need (see Correspondence vol. 25, letter to Octavian Blewitt, 1 January 1877).

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

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

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-13694,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-13694