From John Lubbock and E. F. Lubbock 11 November [1868]¹

High Elms, | Farnborough, | Kent.

11 Nov.

Dear M^r. Darwin

All right. I rather thought you would prefer voting later.² We must not lose your vote.

Will Parslow³ kindly arrange who he will bring & let me know.

Everything looks well.

Yours very sincerely | John Lubbock

I’m afraid he is too sanguine—

EFL⁴

C Darwin Esq

The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from John Lubbock, 6 November [1868].

The postscript was written by Lubbock’s wife, Ellen Frances Lubbock.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-6456,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-6456

Summary

Further arrangements for polling. Everything looks well. [Ellen Lubbock notes, "he is too sanguine – ".]

Record number: DCP-LETT-6456
From: John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury; Ellen Frances Hordern/Ellen Frances Lubbock
To: Charles Robert Darwin
Date: 11 Nov [1868]
Sent from: High Elms
Source of text: DAR 170: 67
Physical description: 2pp †

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Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 16.