To John Murray   9 April [1862]

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

April 9th

My dear Sir

The enclosed slip has apparently been sent to me by you by mistake.1

Thanks for your note.2 You are bold man to print 1500 copies, & I hope to Heaven you will not repent it.—3 I shall want about 50 copies for myself.—4

Yours very sincerely | C. Darwin

Endorsement: ‘1862—Ap. 9’

1
The enclosure has not been found.
2
Murray’s letter has not been found.
3
Orchids was offered for sale on 15 May 1862 (Freeman 1977, p. 112). In the letter to John Murray, 21 September [1861] (Correspondence vol. 9), CD warned Murray that Orchids might have limited appeal.
4
For CD’s presentation list for Orchids, see Correspondence vol. 10, Appendix IV.

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

0.2 April 9th] above del ‘March’

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-3501,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-3501