To Hugo de Vries 8 August [1878]1
Leith Hill Place | Dorking
August 8th
My dear Sir
I regret extremely that I left home yesterday before the arrival of your note (which was forwarded to me here) & that I do not return home for 3 weeks.2
On some future occasion, I hope to have the pleasure of seeing you at Down,3 & with all good wishes & much respect, I remain | My dear Sir, Yours very faithfully | Charles Darwin
Footnotes
The year is established by the address (see n. 2, below).
The Darwins visited family in Surrey and Staffordshire between 7 and 22 August 1878 (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)).
In the event, De Vries visited CD on 14 August 1878, while CD was staying at Abinger, Surrey (Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)).
Summary
Regrets he cannot receive HdeV at Down, because he has just left home.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11645F
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Hugo de Vries
- Source of text
- Artis Library (De Vries 3)
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11645F,” accessed on 24 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11645F.xml
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