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To L. H. Morgan   14 June [1871]1

Down, | Beckenham, Kent.

June 14th

My dear Mr Morgan

I really do not know how to thank you enough for your extraordinary kindness in having taken so much trouble for my sons. Your instructions about their route & your splendid supply of introductions will be invaluable to them.2 With hearty thanks | yours very truly obliged | Ch. Darwin

1
The year is established by the reference to Morgan’s providing information and introductions for CD’s sons (see n. 2, below).
2
George Howard Darwin and Francis Darwin left for a ten-week tour of the United States on 29 July 1871 (see letter to Asa Gray, 16 July [1871]). Morgan had visited Down on 9 June 1871 (see letter to L. H. Morgan, 7 June 1871 and n. 1).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-7819,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-7819