Letter 2897A
Darwin, C. R. to Rolfe, R. M.
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Declines his Lordship's invitation to dinner for reasons of health.
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Down Bromley Kent
Aug
My dear Lord
We are very much obliged for your Lordship's kind invitation to dinner on Saturday, but I am sorry to say that my health still prevents me going out to a distance in the evening;—and a very great loss it is to me in this instance.—
With our best thanks, I beg leave to remain | Your Lordships | Truly obliged | Charles Darwin
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The recipient is inferred from the reference to `your Lordship'. Rolfe was created Baron Cranworth in 1850. He lived at Holwood House in Keston, Kent, a few miles from Down. See also Correspondence vol. 7, letter to R. M. Rolfe, 10 November [1858].