Letter 7509
Dawkins, W. B. to Darwin, C. R.
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Thanks for the present of CD's long-expected book [Descent].
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28 Jermyn Street
23. Feb. 1871.
Dear M
I thank you very much for your kind present of the long expected work, which I am devouring as I can steal time from many occupations. I hope that you are none the worse for the great expenditure of energy in its production.
I am | Dear M
Charles Darwin Esq.
P.S. I am delighted to realize that the artisans and mill-hands of Manchester and Oldham read and understand and believe in your books. They club together to buy them.
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Dawkins's name appears on CD's presentation list for Descent (Correspondence vol. 19, Appendix IV). - +
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Dawkins lived in Manchester (letter from W. B. Dawkins, 8 February 1871).