To Charles Lyell [9 November 1873 or 26 April or 6 December 1874]1
2. Bryanston St | Portman Sqre
Sunday Evening
My dear Lyell
Would it suit you for me to call on you on Wednesday morning about 9 to 10 oclock.— But if any other hour would be more convenient, or any other day, please let me know. Perhaps it will save you trouble by my settling to come at the above time if I do not hear to the contrary2
My dear Lyell | Yours most truly | Ch. Darwin
P.S | I have just recollected that my Doctor3 calls here on Tuesday morning, so that I have altered the day to Wednesday
Footnotes
The dates are established by the address and by the fact that Lyell died in February 1875 (ODNB). CD first stayed with his daughter Henrietta Emma Darwin at 2 Bryanston Street, London, from 8 to 18 November 1873, and then from 21 to 29 April 1874 and 3 to 12 December 1874 (see ‘Journal’ (Appendix II) and Correspondence vol. 22, Appendix II). The letter could have been written on 9 November 1873 or 26 April or 6 December 1874, all Sundays followed by a Wednesday when CD was still in London.
Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242) records that Lyell met with CD when he was in London on Monday 10 November 1873 and Friday 4 December 1874.
CD was under the treatment of Andrew Clark (see letter to Charles Lyell, 24 September 1873 and n. 8).
Summary
Arranges a visit to CL.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-8715
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Charles Lyell, 1st baronet
- Sent from
- London, Bryanston St, 2
- Source of text
- Wellcome Library (MS.7781/30)
- Physical description
- 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 8715,” accessed on 25 May 2019, http://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/DCP-LETT-8715
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 21
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