To ?   [after 1836?]1

⁠⟨⁠some text excised⁠⟩⁠— I am greedy for facts—. ⁠⟨⁠some text excised⁠⟩⁠ I will ask, for ⁠⟨⁠line excised⁠⟩⁠ ever ⁠⟨⁠some text excised⁠⟩⁠2

The date is conjectured from the end of CD’s time on HMS Beagle (see Correspondence vol. 1).
The words ‘I am greedy for facts—.’ are on one side of the letter fragment and the rest of the text is on the other.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-13858,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-13858