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To V. O. Kovalevsky   25 November [1880]1

From Mr. C. Darwin, Down, Beckenham.

25 November

As you have not arrived today, I write one line to say that I shall be greatly pleased to see you here any day,

C.D

Thursday | Down— (Orpington St on the S. E. Ry.)2

ApcS

1
The year is established by Kovalevsky’s visit to CD in London (see n. 2, below).
2
Kovalevsky had proposed visiting CD at Down (letter from V. O. Kovalevsky, [after 21 November 1880]); he and his wife, Sofia Vasilyevna Kovalevskaya, later met CD for lunch at Queen Anne Street, London (see letter to G. H. Darwin, 9 December [1880]) and possibly at Down on 29 November (letter from Emma Darwin to H. E. Litchfield, [28 November 1880] (DAR 219.9: 253)). Orpington Station was the closest to Down on the South Eastern Railway.

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

0.1 Mr.] altered from ‘Mrs.’
3.1 (Orpington … )] square brackets in ms

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-12855,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-12855