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To Edward Frankland   [10 November 1873]1

2. Bryanston St | Portman Sqre | W.

Monday Evening

My dear Sir

I shd. very much like to call on you to thank you for all your kindness,2 & I have one query to make, though an insignificant one. Now I am a good deal out of health & the early morning is much my best time. Might I call on you between 912 & 10o oclock on Friday or Saturday morning? If the above time is too early a little later. I would not stay long. Will you be so kind as to send me a Post-Card in answer.3

Your’s very sincerely | Ch. Darwin

1
The date is established by the date of CD’s visit to Frankland (see n. 3, below); the Monday before 15 November 1873, the date of the visit, was 10 November.
2
Frankland had helped CD with his experiments on insectivorous plants (see, for example, letter from Edward Frankland, 10 October 1873).
3
Frankland’s reply has not been found, but CD visited him on Saturday 15 November 1873 (see letter to J. S. Burdon Sanderson, 15 November [1873]).

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

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Please cite as “DCP-LETT-9137A,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-9137A