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To John Lubbock   [8 August 1875 or earlier]1

[to Sir John—, asking for information about the time of the Duke’s arrival on Tuesday,2 to avoid Darwin’s having to remain at home all day, and referring to a letter from Mrs. Lane Fox.3]

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1
The date is established by the reference to the duke’s visit (see n. 2, below), and by the reference to a letter from Alice Margaret Lane Fox (see n. 3, below).
2
Francis, duke of Teck, visited CD at Down House on Monday 9 August 1875 (John Lubbock’s diary, BL Add mss 62680); the meeting had originally been planned for Tuesday 11 May, but was postponed (see letter to John Lubbock, 3 May [1875] and n. 3).
3
In late July 1875, Alice Lane Fox asked Ellen Frances Lubbock, John Lubbock’s wife, to pass on to CD a letter concerning the regrowth of an amputated sixth digit on her son’s hand (see letter from A. M. Lane Fox to E. F. Lubbock, 25 July [1875]). In early August, Lane Fox wrote to CD directly about the subject (see letter from A. M. Lane Fox, 3 August 1875).
4
The original letter is complete and is described in the sale catalogue as being one page long.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-9968A,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-9968A