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To W. B. Dawkins   12 April [1871]1

Down. | Beckenham | Kent. S.E.

Ap. 12th

My dear Sir

I see by the Report of the Settle Cave Exploration that funds are wanted, so I have the pleasure to send a cheque for 5£.2

My dear Sir | Yours sincerely | Ch Darwin

1
The year is established by the mention of CD’s donation to Dawkins (see n. 2, below).
2
Dawkins was investigating the Craven Caves, which are near Settle, North Yorkshire (see letter from W. B. Dawkins, 8 February 1871 and n. 3). Dawkins read his ‘Report on the results obtained by the Settle Cave Exploration Committee out of Victoria Cave in 1870’ at a meeting of the Royal Anthropological Institute on 3 April 1871 (Dawkins 1871c). CD recorded the donation of £5 to ‘Boyd Dawkins caves’ in his Classed account books (Down House MS).

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

0.1 Beckenham] before del ‘Bromley.’

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-6695,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-6695