To J. S. Henslow   10 August [1857]1

Down Bromley Kent

Aug. 10th

My dear Henslow

I am delighted at your letter just received.

For fear of a mistake, I write to say the Train leaves London Bridge (N. Kent Division) at 5.20’—(not 5.30 ’) & remember how crowded near London Bridge is.— Our last visitors missed the Train.— We will send you back at any hour on Friday you like.

Ever yours | C. Darwin

1
Dated by the reference to Henslow’s proposed visit to Down. Although this letter and the following two letters to John Lubbock, 11 August [1857] and 12 [August 1857], give no indication of the year in which they were written, it is clear from the letter to J. D. Hooker, 1 August [1857], that Henslow’s visit took place in 1857.

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

2.1 (N. Kent Division)] square brackets in MS

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-2132,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-2132