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From E. A. Darwin   3 April [1872]1

Dear Charles

Mr Moran asked Mr Lawrence to convey the enclosed letter to you, as he did not like to do so directly without some one assuring you that he was respectable.2 I have written Mr Moran’s address if you send any acknowlednt to him as Mr Lawrence evidently hoped you would.

ED

3 Ap.

1
The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from Charles Nordhoff, 27 February 1872.
2
The enclosure was the letter from Charles Nordhoff, 27 February 1872. Benjamin Moran was the secretary of the American legation in London (ANB). Mr Lawrence has not been identified.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-8270,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-8270