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To the Linnean Society   12 September 1872

Down, | Beckenham, Kent.

Sep. 12. 72

Dear Sir,

Will you be so kind as to send me the parcel & likewise any parts of your transactions now due to me addressed to “C Darwin Esq. Orpington Stn. South Eastern Railway.” (not adding any other address)1

My dear Sir | Yours very faithfully | Ch. Darwin

LS

1
There is a note on the letter reading, ‘Answerd. req for him to retn. authorisn. to Jas. West to sign for Trans. R.K.’ R.K.: Richard Kippist, librarian of the Linnean Society. See also letter to the Linnean Society, [after 12] September 1872. CD’s copies of the Transactions of the Linnean Society of London are in the Darwin Archive–CUL. Orpington was the nearest station to Down House.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-8517,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-8517