From John Lubbock 16 July [1870]1
16 July
My dear Mr. Darwin
The Census Bill is down on the paper for tomorrow & I have mislaid your note.2
Would you give me again the exact words in which you think the question had better be put.
I am, dear Mr Darwin, | Yours most sincerely | John Lubbock
Footnotes
The year is established by the reference to the Census Bill (see n. 2, below).
The second reading of the bill was on 22 July 1870. See letter from William Farr, 16 July 1870 and n. 2. July 16 1870 was a Saturday; Parliament did not sit at weekends.
Summary
The Census Bill is down on the paper for tomorrow; will CD restate how he wants to put the question [on cousin marriages]?
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-7277
- From
- John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- unstated
- Source of text
- DAR 170: 76
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 7277,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-7277.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 18
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