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To Alexander Buchan   22 May [1871]1

Down, | Beckenham, Kent.

May 22d

Dear Sir

I am greatly indebted to you for your kindness in sending me your Text-Book of Metoreology, which I have no doubt I shall find very useful & interesting.2

With my best thanks, I remain | Dear Sir | Yours faithfully & obliged | Charles Darwin

1
The year is established by the publication date of Buchan’s book (see n. 2, below).
2
Buchan’s Introductory text-book of meteorology (Buchan 1871) was published in June 1871 (Publishers’ Circular, 1 July 1871, p. 402); CD evidently received a pre-publication copy.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-7765H,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-7765H