To [William Baxter or W. W. Baxter?] 24 October [1842–5 or 1853 or 1855–68?]1
Down Bromley Kent
Oct. 24th
My dear Sir
Will you be so kind as to read the enclosed & act on it, sending my two Bottles.2
The note need not be returned to me, | Yours very faithfully | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
The date is conjectured from the address, which is written in a form that CD used in the years stated. William Baxter and his son William Walmisley Baxter were chemists in Bromley with whom CD regularly did business.
The enclosure has not been found and the commission has not been identified.
Summary
Sends enclosed order for two bottles [of unspecified chemical].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-1768
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- William Walmisley Baxter; William Baxter
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft Library (BANC MSS 74/78 z)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 1768,” accessed on 1 October 2023, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-1768.xml
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