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To Edward Frankland   22 November [1878]1

4, Bryanston St | Portman Sqre

Nov. 22d

My dear Dr. Frankland

I think that I have gained by long usage almost a prescriptive right to bother you!

I much want to ask you about a chemico-physiological point.2 Might I call on you at any hour, (early would suit me rather the best) on Monday or Tuesday, which are the only two days on which I am disengaged.—3 Ten or fifteen minutes would be ample time for me.—

Forgive me & believe me, Yours very sincerely | Charles Darwin

Footnotes

The year is established by the dates of CD’s stay at 4 Bryanston Street, London (see n. 3, below).
CD was staying with Richard Buckley and Henrietta Emma Litchfield at 4 Bryanston Street, London from 19 to 27 November 1878 (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)).

Summary

Asks whether he may call to discuss a chemico-physiological point.

Letter details

Letter no.
DCP-LETT-11755A
From
Charles Robert Darwin
To
Edward Frankland
Sent from
London, Bryanston St, 4
Source of text
The John Rylands Library, The University of Manchester (Frankland Collection 2179)
Physical description
ALS 1p

Please cite as

Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11755A,” accessed on 5 June 2025, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11755A.xml

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