To John Lubbock [8 August 1875 or earlier]1
[to Sir John—, asking for information about the time of the Duke’s arrival on Tuesday,2 to avoid Darwin’s having to remain at home all day, and referring to a letter from Mrs. Lane Fox.3]
Footnotes
The date is established by the reference to the duke’s visit (see n. 2, below), and by the reference to a letter from Alice Margaret Lane Fox (see n. 3, below).
Francis, duke of Teck, visited CD at Down House on Monday 9 August 1875 (John Lubbock’s diary, BL Add mss 62680); the meeting had originally been planned for Tuesday 11 May, but was postponed (see letter to John Lubbock, 3 May [1875] and n. 3).
In late July 1875, Alice Lane Fox asked Ellen Frances Lubbock, John Lubbock’s wife, to pass on to CD a letter concerning the regrowth of an amputated sixth digit on her son’s hand (see letter from A. M. Lane Fox to E. F. Lubbock, 25 July [1875]). In early August, Lane Fox wrote to CD directly about the subject (see letter from A. M. Lane Fox, 3 August 1875).
Summary
Discusses the time of the Duke’s arrival on Tuesday. [See 9968.]
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-9968A
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury
- Source of text
- Kenneth Hince Book Auctions (dealer) (8 November 1983)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 9968A,” accessed on 20 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-9968A.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 23
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