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To William Walmisley Baxter   26 January [1862]1

Down. | Bromley. | Kent. S.E.

Jan 26th

Dear Sir

I am much obliged for your note.2 In early part of year some Cod Liver oil was used by myself, viz part of 2 or 3 Bottles; but to be sure that I have not deducted unfairly, I have deducted for 9 out of the 13 Bottles sent.—3 I am sorry I troubled you about the Friar’s Balsam, which I did not know was the same with T. of Benzoin—

I send cheque4 & remain, Dear Sir | Yours faithfully | Ch. Darwin

1
The year is established by an entry in CD’s Account book (Down House MS) (see n. 4, below).
2
Baxter’s note has not been found.
3
Baxter ran an apothecary’s shop in Bromley, Kent. The previous year, Joseph Dalton Hooker had recommended the external application of cod-liver oil as something that might assist Henrietta Emma Darwin in her recuperation from illness (see Correspondence vol. 9, letter to J. D. Hooker, 8 [February 1861]).
4
An entry in CD’s Account book–cash accounts (Down House MS) for 27 January 1862 records a payment to Baxter of £10. 2s. 6d.

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

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Please cite as “DCP-LETT-13773,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-13773