From Anton Dohrn   12 February 1874

Charges to pay £ 1/111

Office of Origin Naples Twelveth Feby at eleven fifteen 4.88

From The Zoological Station2

To Darwin | Down Beckenham | London

Midst The struggle for existence Ma happy returns of Birthday wishes to you

The charge was probably 1s. 11d.; the telegram was delivered from Farnborough, about two miles from Down. See also Correspondence vol. 19, letter to John Lubbock, [1871 or later].
The Zoological Station at Naples had been founded by Dohrn.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-9285,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-9285