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From G. H. Darwin   [20 April 1870]1

New University Club | St. James’s St

Wednesday

My dear Father,

I send by this post the French paper that I thought I had lost—2 I suppose I picked it up without perceivg. it;—but it is very odd I did’nt see it when I got in.— I am going across tonight & have just done my packing up & am so hot I do’nt know what to do with myself.— I have bought a new hat in order to avoid waiting for the old one; I couldn’t bear waitg. after scurrying about the whole afternoon to get off.— I sha’nt write till I get to Genoa.—

I am glad I’m going by night the heat wd be so awful in the day.—

Your affec Son | G H Darwin

1
The date is established by the relationship between this letter and letters from Emma Darwin to H. E. Darwin in DAR 219.9: 69, 87, and 88. In a letter dated [18 January 1870] (DAR 219.9: 69), Emma writes that the leaves won’t be out when George goes to Genoa; in a letter dated [19–20 April 1870] (DAR 219.9: 87), she writes that Down has had four to five days of ‘blazing summery weather’; in a letter dated [20 April 1870] (DAR 219.9: 88), she writes that George leaves on Thursday (which would be 21 April 1870). In 1870, 20 April was a Wednesday.
2
The paper has not been identified.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-7046,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-7046