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From John Lubbock   16 July [1870]1

16 July

My dear Mr. Darwin

The Census Bill is down on the paper for tomorrow & I have mislaid your note.2

Would you give me again the exact words in which you think the question had better be put.

I am, dear Mr Darwin, | Yours most sincerely | John Lubbock

1
The year is established by the reference to the Census Bill (see n. 2, below).
2
The second reading of the bill was on 22 July 1870. See letter from William Farr, 16 July 1870 and n. 2. July 16 1870 was a Saturday; Parliament did not sit at weekends.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-7277,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-7277