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Darwin Correspondence Project

To Richard Kippist   10 January [1870 or 1871]1

Down. | Beckenham | Kent. S.E.

Jan. 10th

My dear Sir

I have duplicate copies of some Books & others useless to me, some of which may be worth accepting by the Linn. Soc;2 so I will send them by Carrier on Thursday morning.—

Will you kindly have ready for Carrier any parts of Linn. Transact. due to me.— Also kindly oblige me by sending order on next page for Phil: Transact.3 & have them packed in same parcel with Linn. Transact.—

My dear sir | Yours very faithfully | Ch. Darwin

Footnotes

The years are established by the form of the address, with ‘Bromley’ struck through and ‘Beckenham’ added by hand; this form was used by CD between April 1869 and May 1871.
CD refers to the Linnean Society of London. The books have not been identified.
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London.

Summary

Is sending some books for the Linnean Society Library.

Letter details

Letter no.
DCP-LETT-7434
From
Charles Robert Darwin
To
Richard Kippist; Linnean Society
Sent from
Down
Source of text
Linnean Society of London
Physical description
ALS 1p

Please cite as

Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 7434,” accessed on 19 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-7434.xml

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

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