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Darwin Correspondence Project

To Roland Trimen   [21 March 1868]1

4 Chester Place | N.W

Saturday

My dear Mr Trimen.

Tuesday wd suit me, but another man (Mr. Blyth) is coming to lunch on that day, & as you know that I am not up to more than an hour’s talk, I shd see less of you; so if equally convenient & I do not hear to contrary, I will name Wednesday at 1 oclock2

Very many thanks for your information in note— —

Yours very sincerely | C. Darwin

Footnotes

The date is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from Roland Trimen, 20 March [1868]. The Saturday after 20 March 1868 was 21 March.
In his letter of 20 March [1868], Trimen had suggested coming to lunch with CD on Tuesday 24 March. CD refers to Edward Blyth.

Summary

Arranges for RT to call.

Letter details

Letter no.
DCP-LETT-6035
From
Charles Robert Darwin
To
Roland Trimen
Sent from
London, Chester Place, 4
Source of text
Royal Entomological Society (Trimen papers, box 21: 67)
Physical description
ALS 1p

Please cite as

Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 6035,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-6035.xml

Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 16

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