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From M. C. Stanley   16 July 1873

Holwood | Beckenham

16 July/73

Dear Mr. Darwin

I send you a bottle containing some fish from Ld. Arthur Russell; he says you will understand all about it; & that he had promised to send the parcel.1 I had hoped to bring it myself, but I must postpone my visit till another day but will not delay to forward this precious bottle—2

Believe me | Yrs very sincerely | M C Derby3

1
The parcel has not been identified but its contents may have related to the discussion of carp in the letter from Arthur Russell, 19 May 1873.
2
The only reference in Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242) to Stanley’s visiting Down was on 15 November 1871.
3
Stanley was Lady Derby.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-8980,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-8980