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To A. G. Butler   1 July [1871]1

Down, | Beckenham, Kent.

July 1st

My dear Sir

Many thanks for your various notes.2 I shd very much like to see, & hear your views, sometime about the Brahmæa:—3 I returned yesterday from London & took your former notes in my pocket every day, in the hopes of getting to the museum, but failed, as my strength is not equal to my wishes.—4 I hope when next in London, to be more successful, & your notes shall come up again.

With very many thanks. | Yours sincerely | Ch. Darwin

1
The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from A. G. Butler, 29 June 1871.
2
See letters from A. G. Butler, 2 June 1871 and 29 June 1871.
4
CD probably refers to the letter from A. G. Butler, 2 June 1871. Butler was an assistant in the zoological department of the British Museum. CD had visited London from 24 to 30 June 1871 (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-7845,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-7845