To ?    2 January [1873 or 1874]1

Down, | Beckenham, Kent.

Jan 2d

Dear Sir

I thank you for your obliging note2 & will keep your suggestion before my mind.

I remain | Dear Sir | Yours faithfully | Ch. Darwin

The year range is established by the printed stationery, with the address in the centre; CD used this type of notepaper from mid-January 1872 until November 1874.
The note has not been found.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-8139F,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-8139F