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To C. H. Morris   16 January [1872]1

Down, | Beckenham, Kent.

Jan 16th

Dear Madam

I have the pleasure to send the Photograph as requested. I have directed Mr Murray to send to you (free of charge) for Prof. Bouton a copy of my Journal.2

Dear Madam | Yours faithfully | Ch Darwin

Mrs Morris

1
The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from Louis Bouton, 15 December 1871 (Correspondence vol. 19).
2
Louis Bouton had asked CD for a photograph of himself and a copy of his Journal of researches, naming Mrs Morris as the London agent of the Royal Society of Arts and Sciences of Mauritius, to whom any request for payment should be sent (see Correspondence vol. 19, letter from L. S. Bouton, 15 December 1871). CD also refers to his publisher, John Murray.

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