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To George F. Kittredge1   24 August [1870]

Down. | Beckenham | Kent. S.E. [Bassett, Southampton]

August 24th

Dear Sir

I thank you for your obliging letter of Augt. 7th.2 Should I ever require any information with respect to the Paleontology or Nat. Hist. of your vicinity, I will not forget your kind offer of assistance.— My sons have no strong taste for the natural sciences, excepting one of them, & he is devoted solely to comparative anatomy.3

With my Thanks | I remain— Dear Sir | yours faithfully | Charles Darwin

Postmark: AU 24 70

1
The recipient is identified by the envelope, which is addressed to ‘G. F. Kittredge Esq, 137. Clinton St., Buffalo, New York State, United States’.
2
No letter from Kittredge has been found. It may have referred to Kittredge’s work on the origin of species, which was privately published the following year (Kittredge 1871).
3
CD refers to his son Francis, who was studying for a natural sciences degree at Cambridge University (Alum. Cantab.).

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

0.1 Beckenham] before del ‘Bromley.’

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-7309,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-7309