To Charles Babbage 26 May [1840]
12 Upper Gower St
May 26th.—
My dear Sir
I have called with this note to beg a favour of you. M. Sismondi, the historian & Madam Sismondi (my wife’s aunt) have just arrived in England and are coming together with Miss Allen to stay with us,1 would you, therefore, permit us to bring them to the parties, you have been kind enough to ask us to.
My sisters have left town, & therefore will be deprived of the pleasure of accepting your kind invitation to them.
With many thanks | Believe me | My dear Sir | Yours very truly | Charles Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Emma Darwin (1915): Emma Darwin: a century of family letters, 1792–1896. Edited by Henrietta Litchfield. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1915.
Summary
Asks if he can bring his guests, J. C. L. and Mme [Simonde de] Sismondi and [Fanny] Allen, to CB’s parties.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-570
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Charles Babbage
- Sent from
- London, Upper Gower St, 12
- Source of text
- The British Library (Add MS 37191: 294–5)
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 570,” accessed on 19 September 2023, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-570.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 2
