To W. K. Parker? 20 November [1878]1
4. Bryanston St | Portman St.
Nov. 20th
My dear Sir
If you feel so inclined & can spare the time, will you give me the pleasure of seeing you here, by coming any one of the next few days (except tomorrow, Thursday) to luncheon at 1 oclock.— I would have called on you, but it is a rather long drive for me, & there would be a good chance of my not finding you at home.—2 If you can come, will you let me hear the day, that I may not fail to be here.—
My dear Sir | Yours sincerely | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
The year is established by the period of CD’s stay at 4 Bryanston Street, London from 19 to 27 November 1878 (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). The correspondent is conjectured on the basis of the provenance.
CD had called on Parker in January 1878 when Parker was not at home; he hoped to meet Parker when he was next in London (letter to W. K. Parker, 20 January [1878]).
Summary
Invites [WKP] to lunch.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11751
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- William Kitchen Parker
- Sent from
- London, Bryanston St, 4
- Source of text
- Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand (Letters to Dr William Kitchen Parker and his sons, MS-Papers-1256-2)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11751,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11751.xml
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