To Asher & Co. 31 December [1874–81]¹

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

Dec 31^st

M^r. Ch Darwin w^d. be obliged to M^ess Asher to have parcel sent to Orpington St.—²

Footnotes

The year range is established by the headed notepaper, which is of a sort that CD used from late 1874.

Messrs Asher were booksellers in London; it is not known what was in the parcel.

Please to send parcel to Orpington Station.

Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 9790F,” accessed on 20 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-9790F.xml

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