WCP4646

Letter (WCP4646.4962)

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Down, | Beckenham, Kent.1

Dec. 12 | 14th2

My dear Wallace

We go today to "6. Queen Anne St[reet]. W."3 for one week.4 If you chance to be in London during this week, & have time to spare, will you come & lunch with us, at 1 o’clock. — It w[oul]d. be a great pleasure to see you. —

Ever yours sincerely | Ch. Darwin [signature]

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

1
Down House, Down, Darwin's home in Kent.
2
The year 'c 1874' has been added in pencil next to the date, but the Darwin Correspondence Project places it in 1872.
3
The London residence of Darwin’s brother Erasmus Alvey Darwin (1804-1881).
4
The Darwins set off to London on 17 December 1872, following two days of continued ill-health in bed, and remained there until 23 December (Burkhardt, F., et al. (Eds). 2013. The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 20. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press [p. 573]).

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Revision history

Transcribed by Lester, Ahren [2012-11-07] Transcription checked by Barton, Michael [2020-06-09]

Please cite as “WCP4646,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 11 October 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP4646