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To Alpheus Hyatt   21 January [1875]1

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

Jan. 21st

Dear Sir

I am much obliged for your kind & interesting note, & printed extract, which latter however is not very clear.2 I will consider all that you have suggested & shall be extremely glad to read at some future time your valuable memoir when published.—3 I remember your visit here with much pleasure,4 & remain with all good wishes | Yours very faithfully | Charles Darwin

1
The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from Alpheus Hyatt, 8 January [1875].
3
An abstract of Hyatt’s memoir on Jurassic ammonites (Hyatt 1874) was published in 1875.
4
It is not known when Hyatt visited Down.

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

1.1 printed] added
1.2 latter] interl
1.3 read] after del ‘consider’

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-9826,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-9826