To G. J. Romanes 26 April [1876]
From Mr. C. Darwin, Down, Beckenham.
I am not able to go to London today.
Apr. 26th.
Your note just received.— I will tell no human being.— I hope to be better tomorrow so as to get to London, & will call on you next morning.—1
Footnotes
The note from Romanes has not been found, but was a reply to the letter to G. J. Romanes, [before 26 April 1876]. CD stayed with his brother, Erasmus Alvey Darwin, in London from 27 April until 3 May 1876 (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)).
Summary
Trip to London delayed.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-10475
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- George John Romanes
- Sent from
- Down
- Postmark
- AP 26 76
- Source of text
- American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.488)
- Physical description
- Apc
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 10475,” accessed on 23 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-10475.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 24
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