From John Lubbock and E. F. Lubbock 11 November [1868]1
High Elms, | Farnborough, | Kent.
11 Nov.
Dear Mr. Darwin
All right. I rather thought you would prefer voting later.2 We must not lose your vote.
Will Parslow3 kindly arrange who he will bring & let me know.
Everything looks well.
Yours very sincerely | John Lubbock
I’m afraid he is too sanguine—
EFL4
C Darwin Esq
Footnotes
The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from John Lubbock, 6 November [1868].
See letter from John Lubbock, 6 November [1868] and n. 2.
The postscript was written by Lubbock’s wife, Ellen Frances Lubbock.
Summary
Further arrangements for polling. Everything looks well. [Ellen Lubbock notes, "he is too sanguine – ".]
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-6456
- From
- John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury; Ellen Frances Hordern/Ellen Frances Lubbock
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- High Elms
- Source of text
- DAR 170: 67
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp †
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 6456,” accessed on 13 September 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-6456.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 16
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