To James Paget 3 June 1881
Glenrhydding House | Patterdale | Penrith
June 3d 1881
My dear Paget
I am much obliged for your extremely kind invitation for Augt 3d, which I consider a great honour & have much pleasure in accepting.—1 You will see by the above address why there has been some delay in answering your note.—2
I remain | Yours very sincerely | Charles Darwin
We remain here for 4 or 5 weeks
Footnotes
See letter from James Paget, 1 June 1881 and n. 1.
The Darwins visited Patterdale in the Lake District from 3 June to 4 July 1881 (Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)).
Summary
Is honoured by, and accepts JP’s invitation for 3 August.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-13191
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- James Paget, 1st baronet
- Sent from
- Patterdale
- Source of text
- Francisco Ayala (private collection)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 13191,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-13191.xml
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