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To R. B. Litchfield   2 February 1880

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Thanks RBL for advice [concerning dispute with Samuel Butler]. Notes reaction of family.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Richard Buckley Litchfield
Date:  2 Feb 1880
Classmark:  DAR 146: 56
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12453

From Richard Litchfield   1 February 1880

Summary

Advises against making any reply to Samuel Butler’s charges.

Author:  Richard Buckley Litchfield
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  1 Feb 1880
Classmark:  DAR 92: B72–4
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12447

From R. B. Litchfield   1 February 1880

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Has shown S. Butler’s Athenæum letter to Frederick Pollock, who confirms RBL’s advice that it needs no answer. Sends an imaginary response by Butler.

Author:  Richard Buckley Litchfield
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  1 Feb 1880
Classmark:  DAR 92: B75–8, 81
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12448

From R. B. Litchfield   3 February 1880

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Thinks Huxley’s judgment on answering S. Butler’s charges would be trustworthy, though THH is horribly pugnacious and would naturally be for fighting.

Author:  Richard Buckley Litchfield
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  3 Feb 1880
Classmark:  DAR 92: B79–80
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12456

From H. E. Litchfield   [1 February 1880]

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Advise against making any reply to Samuel Butler’s charges.

Author:  Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield; Richard Buckley Litchfield
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [1 Feb 1880]
Classmark:  DAR 92: B72–4; B91–4
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12450