From William Bowman 31 July 1872
5 Clifford St
July 31. 72
My dear Darwin
I did not reply to your most kind invitation before to day because I could say nothing definite— Donders only came last evening so that his time is still more limited than I had expected—1 He must go at all events on Thursday morning of next week—& possibly on Wednesday morning—but if not on Wednesday I hope we should be able to come over to you on Wednesday & spend a few hours. In that case we should reach Orpington from Ch. X at 11.21 & should have to return from O. at 4.19— If you will be so good as send me the address of a flymaster of whom I may order a conveyance at O. Station I will write to him nearer the time, if nothing unforeseen should prevent—2
I hope very much we shall come— Donders is most desirous of doing so & begs his kind regards.
Yrs most truly | W Bowman
How odiously Hooker has been treated! I do trust nothing will induce him to resign.3
Footnotes
Summary
Arranges to bring F. C. Donders to visit Down.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-8439
- From
- William Bowman, 1st baronet
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- London, Clifford St, 5
- Source of text
- American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.)
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 8439,” accessed on 31 October 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-8439.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 20
