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Darwin Correspondence Project

To R. B. Litchfield   19 July [1875–81]1

Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.

July 19th

My dear Litchfield

You are the best & kindest man in the world.

I shd. never have understood what to do, had you not so clearly explained everything.— I will follow your instructions to the letter & hope to despatch the papers tomorrow2

Yours affectionately | C. Darwin

Footnotes

The year is established by the printed stationery, which is of a sort that CD used from November 1874; he died in April 1882.
What CD was consulting Litchfield about is unknown; Litchfield was a barrister.

Summary

Thanks for explanation. Will follow RBL’s instructions.

Letter details

Letter no.
DCP-LETT-13820
From
Charles Robert Darwin
To
Richard Buckley Litchfield
Sent from
Down
Source of text
John Wilson (dealer) (no date)
Physical description
ALS 1p

Please cite as

Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 13820,” accessed on 16 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-13820.xml

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