Letter
to
Summary
Will supply CD with information “as far as my knowledge extends”.
Suggests CD visit him.
Transcription
5 Clifford St
Jan 31
My dear Sir
I will with gt pleasure give you any inforn. you require, so far as my knowledge extends—and if you will give me a little interval—Say a week or two.—f2
Yrs vy sincerely | W Bowman
When I have done so, you ought to come up & examine me vivâ voce, for the subject is large & branches out & wd need explanation— I could give you a bed at Hampstead for a night.f3
Yrs vy truly | WB.
Footnotes
- f1
- The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter to William Bowman, 10 March [1863] (this volume, Supplement).
- f2
- No letter from CD requesting information from Bowman has been found.
- f3
- Bowman resided at 5 Clifford Street, London, and North End, Hampstead (Post Office London directory 1865). CD may have met with Bowman during his visit to London from 4 to 14 February 1863 (Correspondence vol. 11, Appendix II).