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To Michael Foster   9 May [1874]1

Down, | Beckenham, Kent.

May 9th

My dear Dr. Foster

I am very much obliged for the paper, as I was anxious to hear how it was getting on.— I am rather disappointed at £480, I fear we shall not get up much more. I had hoped for 700 or 800. Well we have done our best. I suppose even 500 wd. be a material aid to Dr. Dohrn—2

Yours very sincerely | Ch Darwin

A rich & hopeful Yankee has been sent to.

1
The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter to Anton Dohrn, 16 April and 9 August 1874.
2
CD refers to the printed appeal that was being circulated among subscribers to assist Anton Dohrn with the completion of the zoological station at Naples (see letter from Michael Foster, [before 9 May 1874] and n. 2).

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

1.2 £480,] ‘£’ above ‘480’
3.1 A rich … to.] added, left margin

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-9452,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-9452