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To Eliza Meteyard   [18 February 1869]1

6 Queen Anne St | W

Thursday

Dear Madam

I have signed the petition myself & have procured the signature of Sir Charles Lyell & have then forwarded the momorial to Sir John Lubbock asking him to return it to you & I hope before this you have received it.2

Yours very faithfully | Ch. Darwin

LS

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The date is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from Eliza Meteyard, 19 February 1869. The Thursday before 19 February 1869 was 18 February.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-6618,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-6618