To Charles Babbage   [14 March 1837 – 31 December 1838]¹

Summary

Would have had great pleasure in accepting CB’s invitation, "whether for beauty or for shells", but has another engagement.

Letter details

Record number

DCP-LETT-349

From

Charles Robert Darwin

To

Charles Babbage

Date

[14 Mar 1837 – 31 Dec 1838]

Sent from

London, Gt Marlborough St, 36

Source of text

The British Library (Add MS 37190: 326)

Physical description

1p

Contributor

Darwin Correspondence Project[View Ɛpsilon collection]

Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 2.