To Raphael Meldola 19 November [1878]

4. Bryanston St | Portman St

Nov. 19^th

My dear Sir

We have just arrived at my daughter’s house & shall be happy to see you here any day to luncheon at 1 oclock.¹

Will you be so kind as to let me hear, as soon as you can, what day will suit you, on account of other engagement.

My dear Sir | Yours faithfully | Ch. Darwin

Postmark: NO 19 78

In his letter of 1 November 1878, Meldola had suggested meeting next time CD was in London. According to Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242) the Darwins arrived at Bryanston Street, the home of their daughter Henrietta Emma Litchfield, on 19 November 1878; they returned to Down on 27 November (letter to J. B. Innes, 27 November [1878]).

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

0.1 4. Portman St] below del ‘Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.’

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-11748,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-11748