To A. R. Wallace [23 November 1866?]1
6. Queen Anne St. | W.
Friday.
Dear Wallace,
I am up for a few days, & as I shd. very much like to have half-an-hours talk with you, & as my strength always oozes away as the day advances, I daresay you will excuse my calling on you tomorrow, Saturday (stomach permitting me), at about 10.
Thanks for your note received at Down2
Yours very sincerely | C. Darwin
Footnotes
The date is conjectured from the broad mourning border of the stationery and the form of the salutation. CD began addressing Wallace as ‘Dear Wallace’ in 1864. CD’s sisters Emily Catherine Langton and Susan Elizabeth Darwin died in February and October 1866 respectively (Correspondence vol. 14). CD visited London from 22 to 29 November 1866; 23 November 1866 was a Friday (see Correspondence vol. 14, Appendix II).
See Correspondence vol. 14, letter from A. R. Wallace, 19 November 1866.
Summary
Will call on Wallace tomorrow (Saturday) at 10.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-7512F
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Alfred Russel Wallace
- Sent from
- London Queen Anne St, 6
- Source of text
- Alexander Historical Auctions (dealers) (29 April 2000)
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 7512F,” accessed on 23 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-7512F.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 24 (Supplement)
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