To Charles Babbage [February 1839 – August 1842]
12 Upper Gower Stt.—
My dear Mr Babbage
Will you have the kindness to excuse me, once again asking your permission to bring with Mrs. Darwin and myself, to your party on Saturday Evening, a relative of ours, Miss Allen1 of Cresselly, who is staying with us.—
Believe me | Very truly yours | Chas. Darwin Thursday.—
Footnotes
Frances (Fanny) Allen.
Summary
Asks permission to bring Fanny Allen to CB’s party.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-470
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Charles Babbage
- Sent from
- London, Upper Gower St, 12
- Source of text
- The British Library (Add MS 37191: 298)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 470,” accessed on 23 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-470.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 2
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