To J. H. Gilbert 8 June 1881
Glenrhydding House | Patterdale, Penrith
June 8th 1881.
My dear Dr Gilbert
I shd. be the most ungrateful of men, if I were not greatly pleased by your letter. I beg you to thank Mr. Lawes most cordially for his most kind invitation.1 It would have given me real pleasure to have accepted it, & I have always felt much curiosity to inspect the very interesting work at Harpenden; but in truth I have not strength enough to visit at any house. All that I could do, wd. be to come to Harpenden & be introduced to Mr. Lawes, which I shd. very much like, walk about for an hour & see your plots & then return to London for the night— As it is we shall not leave this place until next month.2 Therefore I must forego this to me great pleasure.
Once again allow me to thank heartily Mr Lawes & yourself for your most kind proposal, & believe me, dear Dr. Gilbert | Yours very sincerely | Charles Darwin
Footnotes
Summary
Regrets that he has not strength enough to visit [Rothamsted].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-13198
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Joseph Henry Gilbert
- Sent from
- Patterdale
- Source of text
- Rothamsted Research (GIL13)
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 13198,” accessed on 24 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-13198.xml