RECORD: Mackenzie A.W. 1882.05.31. [Letter to Francis Darwin]. CUL-DAR198.131. (John van Wyhe ed., 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 4.2021. RN1

NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library. The folder CUL-DAR198 contains letters, mostly to Francis Darwin, regarding his appeals for letters from Darwin in order to create Life and letters (1887).

Miall, L. C. 1883. The life and work of Charles Darwin: a lecture delivered to the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society, on February 6th, 1883. A314

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Guardian Fire & Life Assurance Office

11 Lombard Street, London. E. C.

31 May 1882

Sir,

Referring to a paragraph in the papers on the subject of your proposed Life of your father, I have in my collection of autographs a letter of him which I think may perhaps be interesting. I am not quite sure but I fancy I received it from my cousin Mr. Lewin Miall of Leeds. I do not know what the pamphlet was, but the letter shows that your father did not care to answer such attacks. I shall be glad to have the letter back to this address — if accompanied thro by Book post — when you have done with it.

Yours ably

A W Mackenzie

Mr Darwin

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