From George Bentham 4 October [1866]1
25, Wilton Place, | S.W.
Oct 4
My dear Darwin
Thanks for your kind note but as at Holwood2 we depend on the arrangements of others I fear we cannot fix a day for coming over to your luncheon till we are there— I shall at any rate in walking over avoid the time of your riding out3
Yours very truly | George Bentham
Footnotes
The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter to George Bentham, 1 October 1866.
The reference is to Holwood Park (see letter to George Bentham, 1 October 1866 and n. 2).
CD had told Bentham that he rode daily from noon until lunch-time (see letter to George Bentham, 1 October 1866 and n. 4).
Summary
Is unable to fix a day for luncheon until later.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-5231
- From
- George Bentham
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- London, Wilton Place, 25
- Source of text
- DAR 160: 159
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 5231,” accessed on 16 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-5231.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 14
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