To John Lubbock 3 May [1875]1
Down, Beckenham, Kent. (Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.)
May 3d
My dear Sir John
As I have a chance of sending this note early to London, it will be better than a telegram.2 Tuesday week will suit me just as well as Friday.— Seeing anyone here tires me less than elswhere, but I think High Elms would be much better, if you do not object, as I could get away pretty soon, & I do not see how I could get a sort of living Royal Duke out of my house within the short time I can talk to anyone.—3
Pray do the best you can for me & settle whatever you think best. | Yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Summary
Arrangements to meet a Duke [unidentified] at High Elms [Lubbock residence].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-9968
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- The British Library (Add MS 49644: 79–80)
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 9968,” accessed on 26 September 2022, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-9968.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 23