To George Rolleston 1 June [1860]1
Down Bromley Kent
June 1st
– Mr Darwin presents his compliments to Dr. Rolleston & is extremely much
obliged for his very kind invitation,2 which he would have had very great pleasure in accepting, had not the state of his health, rendered it almost necessary for Mr Darwin to have private lodgings so as to avoid fatigue.—
Footnotes
Summary
Thanks for invitation [to stay with GR at Oxford], but his poor state of health requires him to stay in private lodgings.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-2820A
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- George Rolleston
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Wellcome Collection (MS.6119/1)
- Physical description
- AL 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 2820A,” accessed on 29 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-2820A.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 8