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From W. E. Darwin   29 July [1871?]1

My dear Father,

Will you & mother sign and date the enclosed paper, and get the girls to sign their names & send it to Uncle Ras— the other boys can sign it any time

W E Darwin

Keep it back till Henrietta has signed & put date2

July 29

1
The year is conjectured from a pencil note on the letter, reading, ‘sent to [Turner]   Refers to letters of 1871 to uncle Eras’.
2
The enclosure has not been identified. William refers to Henrietta Emma and Elizabeth Darwin, Erasmus Alvey Darwin, and George Howard, Francis, Leonard, and Horace Darwin.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-7886,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-7886