To G. H. Darwin 24 August [1881]1
[Down.]
My dear G
The General Post Office has sent to you here 1d. (which I have stolen) in answer to some complaint of yours. & for which they demand a Receipt which I have sent
C. Darwin
August 24th.—
I keep the 1d as payment for all the bother!!
Footnotes
The year is established by ‘81’ being written after the date in an unknown hand.
Summary
The General Post Office sent one penny in response to GHD’s complaint, and demanded a receipt, which CD has sent. CD will keep the penny.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-13295
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- George Howard Darwin
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 210.1: 106
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 13295,” accessed on
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 29
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