From B. J. Sulivan   18 October [1862]1

Board of Trade S.W.

Oct 18.

My dear Darwin

We will come on Tuesday D.V. by the 4.10 train from Victoria St.2 I hope you are really well enough. I trust it will not be too much for you & do not care about sending for us as we can take a cab if your carriage is not there.

Yours very sincerely | B. J. Sulivan

Wickham was to leave on Wednesday for Paris but has put it off till Thursday

1
The year is established by reference to the visit to Down House on 21 October 1862, of Sulivan, John Clements Wickham, and Arthur Mellersh (Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-3775,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-3775