To G. J. Romanes   26 April [1876]

From Mr. C. Darwin, Down, Beckenham.

I am not able to go to London today.

Apr. 26th.

Your note just received.— I will tell no human being.— I hope to be better tomorrow so as to get to London, & will call on you next morning.—1

Apc

Postmark: AP 26 76

1
The note from Romanes has not been found, but was a reply to the letter to G. J. Romanes, [before 26 April 1876]. CD stayed with his brother, Erasmus Alvey Darwin, in London from 27 April until 3 May 1876 (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)).

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

0.1 Mr.] altered from ‘Mrs.’

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-10475,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-10475