To ? 1 March [1843–82]¹

[Down.]

[Regrets that he has no duplicate copy of his book and cannot give one to his correspondent ‘as I have already given away a very large number. You will before long no doubt be able to borrow a copy …’]

Incomplete²

The date is given in the sale catalogue; the year range is established by the address, which is also given in the sale catalogue. CD moved to Down in September 1842 (Correspondence vol. 2, Appendix II).

The original letter is complete and is described in the sale catalogue as being one page long.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-13865,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-13865

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Regrets not having a duplicate of one of his books to give away. "You will before long no doubt be able to borrow a copy."

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Record number: DCP-LETT-13865
From: Charles Robert Darwin
To: Unidentified
Date: 1 Mar 1843
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Date: 1 Mar 1882
Sent from: Down
Source of text: Sotheby’s (dealers) (12 November 1963)
Physical description: * 1p

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Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 30-Supplement.

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