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To Henry Colburn   [23 October 1837]1

Dear Sir

I returned from the country on Saturday night, and I will now continue to superintendend the revises myself.— and I am much obliged for your assistance during my absence.2

As now I shall be on the spot, and shall be able to return the proofs rather quicker, would you have the kindness to write one line to Mr Whiting to ask him to send me the slips rather oftener.3 He would be doing me a great favour if such arrangement could be effected

Yours truly | Chas. Darwin

Monday Morning | 36 Great Marlborough St.—

1
The date is established by the references to CD’s work on Journal and remarks and to his return from Shrewsbury on 21 October 1837 (see n. 2, below). The Monday following 21 October 1837 was 23 October.
2
CD was working on the proof-sheets of Journal and remarks; he returned from a trip to Shrewsbury on 21 October 1837 (see Correspondence vol. 2, CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). No other correspondence has been found between CD and his publisher, Colburn, from 1837.
3
Charles Fenton Whiting was the printer of Journal and remarks (see ibid., p. [iv]).

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Please cite as “DCP-LETT-383F,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-383F