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From Francis Galton   29 July 1872

42 Rutland Gate | SW

July 29/72

My dear Darwin

May I lunch with you on Thursday and arrange about rabbits?1

We shall then be staying for 2 days in your neighbourhood, at

Mrs. Brandram

Hayes Common2

Your letter reached me just before we were leaving town for a Saturday & Sunday visit & I did not reply at once, waiting to be sure about our engagements.3

If I don’t receive a post card at above address to say ‘no’ I will come4

Ever sincerely yrs. | Francis Galton

The spiritualists have given up; I fear I can’t get another invite to a scéance.5

1
CD’s footman was looking after the rabbits that Galton was conducting experiments on (see letter to Francis Galton, 27 May [1872] and n. 2).
2
A Mrs Brandram is listed at Hayes, Kent, in the Post Office directory of the six home counties 1874. This is probably Maria Brandram (BMD (Death index); England & Wales, national probate calendar (index of wills and administrations), 1875 (Ancestry.com, accessed 9 January 2012).
3
CD’s letter has not been found.
4
Galton evidently did not visit on Thursday 1 August (see letter to Francis Galton, 1 August [1872]).
5
For Galton’s investigation of spiritualism, see the letters from Francis Galton, 28 March 1872, 19 April 1872, and 7 June 1872.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-8432,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-8432