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To W. B. Tegetmeier   4 July [1871]1

Down, | Beckenham, Kent.

July 4th

My dear Sir

Very many thanks for your present.—2 I always read everything which you write, with interest.—

Yours sincerely | Ch. Darwin

1
The year is established by the headed notepaper, which is of a sort used by CD between 10 May 1871 and 8 January 1872.
2
Tegetmeier’s book The homing or carrier pigeon (Tegetmeier 1871) was published between 15 and 31 July 1871 (Publishers’ circular 1871, p. 467).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-8963,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-8963