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To ?   1 March [1843–82]1

[Down.]

[Regrets that he has no duplicate copy of his book and cannot give one to his correspondent ‘as I have already given away a very large number. You will before long no doubt be able to borrow a copy …’]

Footnotes

The date is given in the sale catalogue; the year range is established by the address, which is also given in the sale catalogue. CD moved to Down in September 1842 (Correspondence vol. 2, Appendix II).

Summary

Regrets not having a duplicate of one of his books to give away. "You will before long no doubt be able to borrow a copy."

Letter details

Letter no.
DCP-LETT-13865
From
Charles Robert Darwin
To
Unidentified
Sent from
Down
Source of text
Sotheby’s (dealers) (12 November 1963)
Physical description
ALS * 1p

Please cite as

Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 13865,” accessed on 16 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-13865.xml

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