To [William Baxter or W. W. Baxter?] 24 October [1842–5 or 1853 or 1855–68?]¹

Down Bromley Kent

Oct. 24^th

My dear Sir

Will you be so kind as to read the enclosed & act on it, sending my two Bottles.²

The note need not be returned to me, | Yours very faithfully | Ch. Darwin

The date is conjectured from the address, which is written in a form that CD used in the years stated. William Baxter and his son William Walmisley Baxter were chemists in Bromley with whom CD regularly did business.

The enclosure has not been found and the commission has not been identified.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-1768,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-1768

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Sends enclosed order for two bottles [of unspecified chemical].

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Record number: DCP-LETT-1768
From: Charles Robert Darwin
To: William Walmisley Baxter; William Baxter
Date: 24 Oct 1842
Date: 24 Oct 1843
Date: 24 Oct 1844
Date: 24 Oct 1845
Date: 24 Oct 1853
Date: 24 Oct 1855
Date: 24 Oct 1856
Date: 24 Oct 1857
Date: 24 Oct 1858
Date: 24 Oct 1859
Date: 24 Oct 1860
Date: 24 Oct 1861
Date: 24 Oct 1862
Date: 24 Oct 1863
Date: 24 Oct 1864
Date: 24 Oct 1865
Date: 24 Oct 1866
Date: 24 Oct 1867
Date: 24 Oct 1868
Sent from: Down
Source of text: University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft Library (BANC MSS 74/78 z)
Physical description: 1p

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