To ?   14 June [1870]1

Down. | Beckenham | Kent. S.E.

June 14—

My dear Sir

I shall be in London in about ten days, & will immediately call on you & explain why I cannot at once answer your question.

Yours very faithfully | Charles Darwin

The year is established by the fact that CD was in London from 24 June in 1870 (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). The correspondent has not been identified.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-7233,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-7233