To Joseph Henry Gilbert 3 June [1869]1
Down. | Beckenham | Kent. S.E.
June 3
Dear Sir
I am much obliged for your kind invitation, but I am sorry to say that the state of my health prevents me ever attending so pleasant an excursion as you propose.2
Pray believe me | dear Sir | yours faithfully | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Calendar: A calendar of the correspondence of Charles Darwin, 1821–1882. With supplement. 2d edition. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1994.
Origin: On the origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1859.
Summary
Declines invitation.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-6773
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Joseph Henry Gilbert
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Rothamsted Research (GIL9.6)
- Physical description
- LS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 6773,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-6773.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 17