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To J. J. Briggs   16 February [1863]

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

Feb. 16th

Dear Sir

Absence from home during the last ten days must plead my excuse for not having earlier thanked you most sincerely for your kind & to me very valuable letter, which gives me just the facts, which I wanted & which will be very useful to me to quote.1

with my renewed thanks | Pray believe me | Dear Sir | Yours faithfully & obliged | Charles Darwin

Postmark: Derby FE 17 63

1
The letter from Briggs has not been found. However, see the letter to J. J. Briggs, 2 February [1863], and Variation 2: 15–16.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-3992A,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-3992A