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To W. E. Darwin   [3 November 1858]1

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My dear W.

You must sign enclosed draft on the back cross-ways; & then when you pay any tradesman ask him, if he will give you change.— If I understood you right, Mr Gunson said he would back it with his name & that would make it very simple.—2

Yours affect | C. D.

Please acknoledge Receipt of this.

1
Dated by an entry in CD’s Account book (Down House MS) recording a payment of £15 to William on 3 November 1858.
2
William Mandell Gunson was William’s tutor at Christ’s College, Cambridge. ‘His tutorship was memorable in the history of the College; the position of Christ’s men in the Tripos lists began under him to be very different from what it had been for many generations.’ (Alum. Cantab.).

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

3.1 Please … of this.] added in pencil

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-2393,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-2393