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To C. L. Denison   19 January [1874]1

Down, | Beckenham, Kent.

Jan. 19th

Madam

I beg leave to thank you very sincerely for your kindness in having written to me.2

After sending my letter to you I was advised to apply to the Colonial Office, & I find that there has been no recent return of the population, but that a census is expected very soon, of which I shall receive a copy.3 I shall thus get the desired information.

I have the honour to remain | Your Ladyships | Obliged & obedient servant | Charles Darwin

1
The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter to C. L. Denison, 14 January 1874.
3
CD had been advised by Thomas Henry Farrer (see letter to T. H. Farrer, 18 January [1874] and n. 2). William Dealtry, a clerk at the Colonial Office, had told CD that recent census figures ought to have arrived (see letter from William Dealtry, 16 January 1874).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-9249F,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-9249F