To T. W. Higginson [18 May 1878]

Handed in at the Farnboro Kent Office at 11.48 PM.

From C. Darwin | Down | Beckenham

To Colonel Higginson | Charing Cross Hotel

Glad to see you tomorrow Sunday dinner half past seven and bed. Orpington is only Station four miles off post answer will reach me tomorrow¹

Postmark: MY 18 78

In the event, Higginson was unable to visit on 19 May 1878, but did visit from 24 to 25 May (see letter from Emma Darwin to T. W. Higginson, 19 May [1878]). A short description of this visit is in Higginson 1898, pp. 285–6.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-11516,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-11516

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