To H. W. Jackson 9 [July 1880]1
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.
Friday 9th
My dear Sir
I shall be happy to see the members of the Association here tomorrow, & I heartily wish that the place was more attractive than it is.—2 Perhaps I cd. make a few remarks to the members on the Natural History of the district, which might interest them slightly,— anything of much interest I could not say. As the party will be rather large I think the best plan will be to receive them in the drawing room, which opens into a rather large verandah & I will have benches in the garden close in front, & by these together everybody will, I hope, be able to rest a little.3
My dear Sir | Yours faithfully | Charles Darwin
Footnotes
Summary
CD would be happy to receive the members of the Lewisham and Blackheath Scientific Association at Down.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-12650
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Henry William Jackson
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 185: 26(ii)
- Physical description
- C 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12650,” accessed on 3 May 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12650.xml