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Darwin Correspondence Project

To Gustavus Fritsche   13 February 1875

February 13 18751

I shall be happy to see you here, but I am sorry to say that the state of my health seldom allows me to convene with anyone for more than half an hour.2 If next Tuesday (the 16th) will suit you, I would suggest your coming by the train which leaves Charing Cross at 10:35, & I will send my carriage to Orsington to meet you. We will lunch at one o’clock & you can return by the train leaving Orpington at 2 47.

Dear Sir | Yours faithfully | Ch. Darwin

P.S | If you cannot come on Tuesday Wednesday would suit me equally well but in that case be so kind as to let me know

Footnotes

The date is given in the sale catalogue.
Fritsche visited CD but the date of the visit was not recorded (see letter from Gustavus Fritsche, 23 October 1875).

Summary

Suggests that Fritsche comes to lunch on Tuesday 16 February.

Letter details

Letter no.
DCP-LETT-9853F
From
Charles Robert Darwin
To
Gustavus Fritsche
Sent from
Down
Source of text
Skinner, Inc. (dealers) (15 November 2009)
Physical description
LS 2pp

Please cite as

Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 9853F,” accessed on 16 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-9853F.xml

Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 23

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