From William Bowman   1 February 1868

My dear Mr Darwin

I am exceedingly obliged to you for your kind thought of me in sending me your acceptable gift of your new work.1 I have been away from home so it did not come to hand till today or I should have acknowledged it earlier—

Most truly yours obliged | W Bowman

5 Clifford St

Feb. 1. 1868

Bowman refers to Variation. His name appears on CD’s presentation list (see Correspondence vol. 16, Appendix IV).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-5832,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-5832