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To John Murray   18 May [1859]1

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May 18th

My dear Sir

My health has suddenly quite failed. I leave home tomorrow for one weeks rest.2 I have written to Mr Clowes to say that I shall be ready to begin correcting on 27th.—3

Yours very sincerely | C. Darwin Down Bromley Kent

1
Dated by the relationship to the letter to J. D. Hooker, 18 [May 1859].
2
See letter to J. D. Hooker   18 [May 1859]. CD visited Moor Park hydropathic establishment from 21 to 28 May 1859 (‘Journal’; Appendix II).
3
William Clowes was Murray’s usual printer. CD began reading proof-sheets on 25 May (‘Journal’; Appendix II).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-2463A,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-2463A