To a member of Downing College, Cambridge [19 January 1837]
My Dear Sir
I was so unwell all yesterday with a bad cough, that I am very so[rry] I shall not be able to dine with you to day in Hall. I am afraid your good Downing din[ner] [ wont] at all [ suit] the influenz[a].—
Summary
Declines invitation to dine at Downing College because of influenza.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-342
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Unidentified
- Sent from
- Cambridge
- Source of text
- DAR 204: 142v
- Physical description
- ADraft 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 342,” accessed on 20 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-342.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 2
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