From G. J. Goschen and Edward Enfield   [before 6 May 1879]1

Alderman Fowler,

having kindly consented to preside at

the Annual Festival in aid of the Funds of the

north london, or university college hospital,

on Tuesday the 6th. May next,

at Willis’s Rooms, King Street, St. James’s Square,

We earnestly solicit the honour of your attendance

to support The Chairman on this occasion.

George J. Goschen, | Treasurer | of University College.

Edward Enfield, | Treasurer | of University College Hospital.

The favor of an early answer is requested.

Dinner Tickets one Guinea each: to be had from the Secretary at the Hospital and at Willis’s Rooms.2

The date is established by the reference to the annual festival of University College Hospital on 6 May. Robert Nicholas Fowler presided at the annual dinner of University College Hospital on 6 May 1879 (Illustrated London News, 10 May 1879, p. 438).
CD was travelling to Worthing on 6 May 1879 so could not have attended (CD’s ‘Journal’, Correspondence vol. 27, Appendix II). No reply has been found to this invitation.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-12034F,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-12034F