From John Lubbock   20 February 1863

15, Lombard Street. E.C.

20 Feb/63

My dear Mr. Darwin

I could not answer your kind note at once, my plans being very undecided.1

If however it would suit you I should much like to dine with you on Sunday.2

Will you kindly send me a line to Chiselhurst.3

Yours affec— | John Lubbock

C Darwin Esq

1
The letter to Lubbock has not been found.
2
Emma Darwin recorded in her diary (DAR 242) that John Lubbock dined at Down House on Sunday 22 February 1863.
3
Lubbock resided in Chislehurst, Kent, a village about five miles north of Down.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-4002,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-4002