From William Bowman 31 January [1863]1
5 Clifford St
Jan 31
My dear Sir
I will with gt pleasure give you any inforn. you require, so far as my knowledge extends—and if you will give me a little interval—Say a week or two.—2
Yrs vy sincerely | W Bowman
When I have done so, you ought to come up & examine me vivâ voce, for the subject is large & branches out & wd need explanation— I could give you a bed at Hampstead for a night.3
Yrs vy truly | WB.
Footnotes
The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter to William Bowman, 10 March [1863] (this volume, Supplement).
No letter from CD requesting information from Bowman has been found.
Bowman resided at 5 Clifford Street, London, and North End, Hampstead (Post Office London directory 1865). CD may have met with Bowman during his visit to London from 4 to 14 February 1863 (Correspondence vol. 11, Appendix II).
Summary
Will supply CD with information "as far as my knowledge extends".
Suggests CD visit him.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-4988
- From
- William Bowman, 1st baronet
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- London, Clifford St, 5
- Source of text
- Sir John Paget Bowman (private collection)
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 4988,” accessed on 23 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-4988.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 18 (Supplement)
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