To W. E. Darwin 23 [February 1872 – October 1874]¹

Down, | Beckenham, Kent.

23^d

My dear W.

Langton is so good a judge on all R^y affairs that I sh^d. think you had better follow his advice.² I hold about the same quantity but am inclined not to sell. Tell me hereafter for what you sell, & how it is to be done & whether you advise it, & I will then determine what to do.

Generally I stick to the rule to keep to whatever I have once gone into.

your affect | C. Darwin

The date range is established by the printed stationery, with the address in the centre; CD used this type of notepaper from January 1872 until 17 November 1874. It is unlikely to have been written in January 1872 because of the lack of relationship between this letter and the letter to W. E. Darwin, 23 January [1872].

Charles Langton evidently advised William on the sale of shares in a railway company that has not been identified.

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2.1 the rule] ‘the’ interl

2.1 keep to] ‘to’ interl

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-13800,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-13800

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Asks for investment advice.

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Record number: DCP-LETT-13800
From: Charles Robert Darwin
To: William Erasmus Darwin
Date: 23 Feb 1872
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Sent from: Down
Source of text: DAR 210.6: 132
Physical description: 1p

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