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To W. H. M. Christie   13 October [1874]1

Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington S.E.R.

Oct 13

Dear Sir

I am extremely obliged to you & to the Astronomer Royal for so kindly informing me of the safe arrival of the Merope at New Zealand.2

Dear Sir | yours faithfully | Charles Darwin

LS

1
The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from W. H. M. Christie, 12 October 1874.
2
See letter from W. H. M. Christie, 12 October 1874 and n. 1. The astronomer royal was George Biddell Airy. Leonard Darwin was on the Merope as part of the transit of Venus expedition.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-9678A,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-9678A