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To V. O. Kovalevsky 25 November [1880]¹

From Mr. C. Darwin, Down, Beckenham.

25 November

As you have not arrived today, I write one line to say that I shall be greatly pleased to see you here any day,

C.D

Thursday | Down— (Orpington St on the S. E. R^y.)²

Footnotes

The year is established by Kovalevsky’s visit to CD in London (see n. 2, below).

Kovalevsky had proposed visiting CD at Down (letter from V. O. Kovalevsky, [after 21 November 1880]); he and his wife, Sofia Vasilyevna Kovalevskaya, later met CD for lunch at Queen Anne Street, London (see letter to G. H. Darwin, 9 December [1880]) and possibly at Down on 29 November (letter from Emma Darwin to H. E. Litchfield, [28 November 1880] (DAR 219.9: 253)). Orpington Station was the closest to Down on the South Eastern Railway.

Summary

Will be pleased to have VOK come to Down any day.

Letter details

Letter no.: DCP-LETT-12855
From: Charles Robert Darwin
To: Vladimir Onufrievich Kovalevsky (Владимир Онуфриевич Ковалевский)
Sent from: Down
Source of text: Institut Mittag-Leffler
Physical description: ApcS

Please cite as

Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12855,” accessed on 20 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12855.xml

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