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To William and Anne Siemens   13 June 1881

Potterdale, Penrith

June 13th, 1881

Mr. Darwin is very much obliged to Mr. and Mrs. Siemens for the honour of their very kind invitation for June 25th, but is sorry to say that the state of his health does not allow him to accept any invitations, however much he would like to do so.1

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The letter of invitation has not been found. The Darwins were away visiting Patterdale in the Lake District from 2 June to 5 July 1881 (Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-13203F,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-13203F