Letter 1249F
Darwin, C. R. to Stanhope, E. H.
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Accepts EHS's invitation for Thursday.
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Down
Aug
Dear Lady Mahon
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I beg to remain | Your Ladyships | Truly obliged | Charles Darwin
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The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter to Charles Lyell, [2 September 1849] (Correspondence vol. 4). - +
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Emily Harriet Stanhope was the wife of Philip Henry Stanhope, Viscount Mahon (Complete peerage). - +
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In 1849, the Thursday following 9 August was 16 August. In his letter to Charles Lyell, [2 September 1849], CD described the dinner that took place at Viscount Mahon's ancestral home at Chevening, Kent (Correspondence vol. 4). Chevening is about three miles south-east of Down.