To V. O. Kovalevsky 1 and 6 January 1881
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | (Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.)
Jan 1st 1881.
My dear Sir
I am very much obliged to you for your kind & magnificent present of the fine Russian Tea; & I will this evening drink your good health in a cup of it.—
I enjoyed much seeing you & Madame Kovalevsky the other day in London, & I rejoice at your prosperity & at your appointment at Moscow.—1 I feel sure that you will do real good work.—
My dear Sir | yours sincerely | Ch. Darwin
Jan. 6th. This letter has been returned to me by the Post-Office, marked not known at
13. Montague St | Russell Sqr2
Footnotes
Summary
Thanks VOK for the Russian tea.
Rejoices at his prosperity and appointment at Moscow [Associate Professor, Moscow University, 1880–3].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-12963
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Vladimir Onufrievich Kovalevsky (Владимир Онуфриевич Ковалевский)
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Institut Mittag-Leffler (Sophie Kowalevski collections, box 3)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12963,” accessed on 1 September 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12963.xml