To Josiah Mason 22 September 1880
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | (Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.)
Sept 22d 1880
Mr. Ch. Darwin regrets much that it is impossible for him to have the honour & pleasure of accepting Sir J. Mason’s invitation to Luncheon on October 1st. or for him to attend Prof. Huxleys opening Address.—1
Footnotes
For CD’s invitation to the opening of Mason Science College, Birmingham, on 1 October 1880, see the letter from Josiah Mason, [before 22 September 1880]. The opening was marked by an address by Thomas Henry Huxley titled ‘Science and culture’, and printed in Nature, 7 October 1880, pp. 545–8.
Summary
Sends formal regrets that he cannot accept luncheon invitation or attend Huxley’s address [at opening of Mason College, Birmingham].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-12722
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Josiah Mason
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- The New York Public Library. Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations. Manuscripts and Archives Division. (Montague Collection of historical autographs: Series 1, box 2, Darwin folder)
- Physical description
- AL 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12722,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12722.xml
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