From Ellen Frances Lubbock to Emma Darwin [January 1862]1
Dear Mrs. Darwin
I am writing to as⟨k if⟩ Mr. Darwin could be pe⟨rsuaded⟩ to come here next Sunday either to early dinner at before one o’clock—or to stay all night— He would see nobody but John, not even me, most likely, for I am not quite strong yet—2 & I will take care his bed is well aired, ⟨ ⟩ will tell me ⟨ ⟩ likes & has at ⟨ ⟩ I will take care ⟨ ⟩ all just the same— ⟨Jo⟩hn doesn’t know I am writing this, but I have heard him lately so often wish he “could only have a talk with Mr. Darwin”, & I know he can’t manage to get over to Downe3 now as he used to do from High Elms—so I thought I would just try what I could do to persuade Mr. Darwin to come here—4 If you will send me a line by post I shall get it on Sunday morning.
With my best wishes for very many Happy New Years to you all I am always yours very truly | E F Lubbock
Footnotes
Bibliography
Hutchinson, Horace Gordon. 1914. Life of Sir John Lubbock, Lord Avebury. 2 vols. London: Macmillan.
Summary
Trying to persuade CD to visit JL.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-3368
- From
- Ellen Frances Hordern/Ellen Frances Lubbock
- To
- Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin
- Sent from
- unstated
- Source of text
- DAR 170.1: 9
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp damaged
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 3368,” accessed on 17 August 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-3368.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 10