To D. T. Smith   [after 19 November 1872]1

I am much obliged by your kind & very courteous letter   When I receive the Report of Jn Lou it will be duly [examined] but I am now out of health & have no strength to spare, so I hope you will excuse this being a [short] letter & I remain | Dear Sir Yours most sincerely

The date is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from D. T. Smith, 19 November 1872.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-8635,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-8635