To J. P. Knight 8 April 1871
Down. | Beckenham | Kent. S.E.
Ap. 8 1871
Mr Darwin presents his compliments to the Secretary of the Royal Academy & is much obliged for the honour of the invitation for the Anniversary dinner;1 which honour he is obliged to decline on account of the state of his health.
Footnotes
CD may refer to the banquet held by the Royal Academy of Arts on 29 April 1871 to inaugurate the opening of that year’s Exhibition (The Times, 1 May 1871, p. 6). CD’s invitation has not been found.
Summary
Formally declines dinner invitation.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-7667
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- John Prescott Knight
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- University of Michigan Library, Special Collections Research Center (Heineman [Album] I, leaf 30)
- Physical description
- L 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 7667,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-7667.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 19
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