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Darwin Correspondence Project

To Mr Dorrell   11 August [1870]1

Down. | Beckenham | Kent. S.E.

Aug. 11

Dear Sir

I am much obliged for your note.—2 Since writing, my plans have been a little altered, & I shall not be ready to begin correcting until Aug. 28 or 29th., but I hope that this will be equally or more convenient to you.—3

Dear Sir | Yours faithfully | Ch. Darwin

Footnotes

The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter to Mr Dorrell, 9 August 1870.
No letter from Dorrell has been found.

Summary

He will not be ready to begin correcting proofs until 28 or 29 August.

Letter details

Letter no.
DCP-LETT-7299F
From
Charles Robert Darwin
To
Mr. Dorrell
Sent from
Down
Source of text
Jonathan Haile (private collection)
Physical description
ALS 1p

Please cite as

Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 7299F,” accessed on 23 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-7299F.xml

Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 18

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