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To A. R. Wallace   14 December [1872?]1

Down, | Beckenham, Kent.

Dec. 14th.—

My dear Wallace

We go today to “6. Queen Anne St. W.” for one week.2 If you chance to be in London during this week, & have time to spare, will you come & lunch with us, at 1 oclock.— It wd. be a great pleasure to see you.—3

Ever yours sincerely | Ch. Darwin

P.S. I have had a deal of ill-health of late & had to put off starting for London.—4

1
The year is conjectured from CD’s proposed trip to London (see n. 2, below).
2
CD did not set off for Erasmus Alvey Darwin’s house in London on 14 December 1872 but, after spending two days ill in bed, made the journey on 17 December (Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)).
3
According CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II), he stayed with Erasmus Darwin until the 23 December and was ‘unwell all time’. There is no evidence of his having seen Wallace during this visit to London.

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

0.2 14th.—] under del ‘12th’

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-8677,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-8677