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From William Clowes & Sons   [before 8 November 1880]1

William Clowes & Sons. | Limited. | Duke Street, Stamford Street, | London, S.E.

Dear Sir,

We are very much vexed that you should imagine for one moment that we should put aside your book2 for others: having always been treated with great courtesy by you it has been our strong wish to push forward your works with the greatest rapidity—the delay in this case has been with the Index-maker:3 we received the copy only this morning and before we got your letter4 had arranged for the whole of the proof to be out tonight: Hoping that this explanation will convince you that we are not to blame.

We are Sir | Yours faithfully | Wm Clowes & Sons ld.: | per E. [A] Clowes:5

Ch: Darwin Esqre

Footnotes

The date is established by the year in which the firm William Clowes and Sons became ‘William Clowes and Sons Ltd.’, and by the relationship between this letter and the letter to R. F. Cooke, 8 November [1880].
Movement in plants.
The indexer was Matilda Smith.
CD’s letter has not been found.

Summary

Explains delay in printing proofs [of Movement in plants?].

Letter details

Letter no.
DCP-LETT-12380
From
William Clowes & Sons
To
Charles Robert Darwin
Sent from
London, Duke St
Source of text
DAR 161: 180
Physical description
ALS 2pp

Please cite as

Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12380,” accessed on 28 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12380.xml

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