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From Emma Darwin to T. W. Higginson   19 May [1878]1

Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.

Sunday May 19

Dear Sir

Mr Darwin begs me to say how glad we shall be to see you on Friday next—& we hope you will stay the night. We dine at 7.30—and you will find flys at Orpington Station.2

Dear Sir | very truly yours | E. Darwin

Footnotes

The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the telegram to T. W. Higginson, 18 May 1878.
See telegram to T. W. Higginson, 18 May 1878 and n. 1. A fly was a light horse-drawn carriage for hire.

Summary

CD will be glad to see TWH on Friday next, and invites him to stay the night.

Letter details

Letter no.
DCP-LETT-11516F
From
Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin
To
Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Sent from
Down
Source of text
Houghton Library, Harvard University (MS Am 1162.10: 201)
Physical description
ALS 2pp

Please cite as

Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11516F,” accessed on 20 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11516F.xml

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