From John Lubbock 6 November [1868]1
15, Lombard Street. E.C.
6 Nov
Dear Mr. Darwin
I never dreamt of asking you to ride to Bromley, that would indeed have been a cool request.2
Does it make any difference to you what time you poll? if not we should like to get our doubtful voters made sure of in the morning as I have no fear of your being bribed or intoxicated by the afternoon!
If however you prefer to poll yourself first, we shall still be very glad of the carriage afterwards.
Yours most sincerely | John Lubbock
Footnotes
The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from John Lubbock, 2 November [1868].
CD’s reply to Lubbock’s letter requesting the use of his carriage has not been found (see letter from John Lubbock, 2 November [1868]). Bromley, a market town near Down, was the polling place where CD would have voted.
Summary
Arrangements for polling.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-6449
- From
- John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- London, Lombard St, 15
- Source of text
- DAR 170: 66
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 6449,” accessed on 24 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-6449.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 16
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