From Samuel Butler 21 January 1880
15. Clifford’s Inn | E.C.
Jan 21. 1880
Charles Darwin Esqr FR.S &c.
Dear Sir
I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 3d inst. which I should have done sooner had I not been in great doubt what course to adopt in regard to it—1
I have now decided on laying the matter before the public and have accordingly written to the Athenæum stating the facts2
I am | yr. faithfully | S. Butler—
Footnotes
See letter to Samuel Butler, 3 January 1880; see also letter from Samuel Butler, 2 January 1880 and nn. 1 and 2.
Butler’s letter to the Athenæum appeared in the issue for 31 January 1880 (see letter to H. E. Litchfield, 1 February [1880], enclosure 1).
Summary
SB has decided to lay the matter [the subject of 12393 and 12396] before the public and has written to the Athenæum stating the facts. [Athenæum 31 Jan 1880.]
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-12438
- From
- Samuel Butler
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- London, Clifford’s Inn, 15
- Source of text
- DAR 92: B67
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12438,” accessed on 26 September 2022, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12438.xml
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