To J. W. Clark 12 November 1877
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.
Nov 12th 1877
My dear Mr Clark,
I thank you cordially for your very kind letter, and I hope that you will express to the President how much obliged I am for the honour of his invitation.1
I should have enjoyed extremely accepting it, but I really cannot, for I am not able to spend an evening even at home without lying down to rest, and after the excitement of the day I shall be much tired.
Believe me, | Yours sincerely obliged, | Charles Darwin
Footnotes
Summary
Thanks his correspondent for his letter; hopes he will convey to the president how obliged he is for the invitation, which he cannot accept as it would tire him too much.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11232F
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- John Willis Clark
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- H. Bruce Rinker PhD (private collection)
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11232F,” accessed on 20 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11232F.xml
