To T. H. Huxley 10 December [1875] 1
2. Bryanston St. | Portman Sqr
Dec. 10th
My dear Huxley
We have come up for a ten days lark,2 & my greatest lark is to come & see you in the morning.
May I come about 10 o clock next Sunday & my wife with me, if she is strong. If I do not hear, I will (health willing) come3
Ever Yours | C. Darwin
Footnotes
The year is established by the reference to CD’s visit to London (see n. 2, below).
CD, Emma Darwin, and Elizabeth Darwin stayed with Henrietta Emma Litchfield in London from 10 to 20 December 1875 (Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)).
CD and Emma Darwin visited Huxley on Sunday 12 December 1875 (Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)).
Summary
Is coming to London. Will call on THH.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-10292
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Thomas Henry Huxley
- Sent from
- London, Bryanston St, 2
- Source of text
- Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 325)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 10292,” accessed on 5 June 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-10292.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 23
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