To Raphael Meldola 19 November [1878]
4. Bryanston St | Portman St
Nov. 19th
My dear Sir
We have just arrived at my daughter’s house & shall be happy to see you here any day to luncheon at 1 oclock.1
Will you be so kind as to let me hear, as soon as you can, what day will suit you, on account of other engagement.
My dear Sir | Yours faithfully | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
In his letter of 1 November 1878, Meldola had suggested meeting next time CD was in London. According to Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242) the Darwins arrived at Bryanston Street, the home of their daughter Henrietta Emma Litchfield, on 19 November 1878; they returned to Down on 27 November (letter to J. B. Innes, 27 November [1878]).
Summary
Invites RM to luncheon.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11748
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Raphael Meldola
- Sent from
- London, Bryanston St, 4
- Postmark
- NO 19 78
- Source of text
- Oxford University Museum of Natural History (Hope Entomological Collections 1350: Hope/Westwood Archive, Darwin folder)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11748,” accessed on 24 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11748.xml
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