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Darwin Correspondence Project

To Ernst Haeckel   [4 September 1879]

From Mr. C. Darwin, Down, Beckenham.

Most glad to see you tomorrow   Will meet you at Orpington for 4.12 train1

Thursday

Footnotes

Haeckel stayed at Down House from 5 to 6 September 1879 (Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). See letter from Ernst Haeckel, 3 September 1879.

Summary

Confirms details of EH’s visit to Down.

Letter details

Letter no.
DCP-LETT-12218F
From
Charles Robert Darwin
To
Ernst Philipp August (Ernst) Haeckel
Sent from
Down
Postmark
SP 4 79
Source of text
Ernst-Haeckel-Haus (Bestand A-Abt. 1: 1–52/49b [A 47730])
Physical description
pc

Please cite as

Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12218F,” accessed on 20 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12218F.xml

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