To J. D. Hooker 10 December [1875]1
2. Bryanston St | Portman Sqr
Dec 10th
My dear Hooker
We have come up for 10 days holiday; the first half here & second half at 6, Queen Anne St.—2
Now if by any lucky chance you shd be forced to come to London do try & come to luncheon any day at 1 oclock.
Ever Yours | C. Darwin
Footnotes
The year is established by the reference to CD’s visit to London (see n. 2, below).
CD was in London from 10 to 20 December 1875 (see ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)); he and Emma Darwin planned to divide their time between Henrietta Emma Litchfield’s home at 2 Bryanston Street, and Erasmus Alvey Darwin’s home at 6 Queen Anne Street. In the end they spent the whole time at 2 Bryanston Street because George Howard Darwin, who was already staying at 6 Queen Anne Street, was unwell (Emma Darwin to Leonard Darwin, 20 December [1875] (DAR 239.23: 1.39)).
Summary
Asks JDH to try to come to luncheon if he is in London.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-10293
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Joseph Dalton Hooker
- Sent from
- London, Bryanston St, 2
- Source of text
- Pushkin House, St Petersburg: Literary Museum of the Institute of Russian Literature (Constantin Romanov, collection of O. A. Novikov: ПД 1975 ф.137 оп 1, no. 36)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 10293,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-10293.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 23
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