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To Albert Günther   16 January [1870]1

Down. | Beckenham | Kent. S.E.

Jan 16th

My dear Dr. Gunther

Do you feel inclined as yet to leave home? A little change wd be good for you. Newton of Cambridge (& I hope Hooker & Swinhoe) is coming here next Saturday Jan. 22d to dine, & to stay till Monday morning. Will you join us: it wd give me great pleasure if you can prevail on yourself to come.—2 I enclose memorandum about best trains.—3

Yours very sincerely, | C. Darwin

Many thanks for your last note.—4

1
The year is established by the reference to a visit to Down by Alfred Newton, Robert Swinhoe, and Albert Günther on 22 January (see n. 2, below).
2
According to Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), Günther, Newton, and Swinhoe came to Down on 22 January and Joseph Dalton Hooker on 23 January.
3
The memorandum has not been found.

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

0.1 Beckenham] before del ‘Bromley.’
3.1 Many] ‘M’ over ‘m’

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-7080,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-7080