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To G. H. Darwin   18 November [1874]1

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

Nov 18

My dear G.

Murray reports the Sales2

Descent 1350
Origin 600
Nat. Voyage3 136
Expression 7
2093

I am well content with this. You will see a message to you in the enclosed.

yours affectly—

E. D.4 will write in a day or 2

L

1
The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from R. F. Cooke, 17 November 1874.
2
The figures for the number of books sold at John Murray’s sale dinner were given in the letter from R. F. Cooke, 17 November 1874.
3
Nat. Voyage: Journal of researches (1870). The spine title was ‘Naturalist’s voyage around the world’.
4
Emma Darwin. This letter, probably dictated by CD, is in Emma’s hand; she always signed herself E.D. when writing to the children.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-9724,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-9724