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To Octavian Blewitt   2 April [1862]1

Down. | Bromley. | Kent. S.E.

April 2d

Mr. Darwin presents his compliments to the Secretary, & is sorry to say that the state of his health renders it impossible for him to accept the honour of acting as one of the Stewards at the Anniversary Dinner of the Literary Fund.—2

1
The year is established from the position of this letter in the archives of the Royal Literary Fund.
2
Blewitt was secretary of the Royal Literary Fund. See also this volume, Supplement, letter to Octavian Blewitt, 27 March [1860]. In 1862, the dinner took place on 25 June (The Times, 26 June 1862, p. 7).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-3491F,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-3491F