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To John Phillips   27 January 1869

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

Jan 27 1869

My dear Phillips

Your book on Vesuvius has not arrived, but has perhaps been sent to my London address, or may come by Railway. I must however send you my very sincere thanks for this present, & even more so your very kind note1

yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin

LS

1
Phillips 1869 had just been published (Publishers’ Circular, 1 February 1869, pp. 67, 73). CD’s copy is in the Darwin Library–Down. CD refers to the London address (6 Queen Anne Street) of his brother, Erasmus Alvey Darwin. Phillips’s letter to CD has not been found.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-6580,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-6580