To Philip Henry Stanhope 30 July [1852]
Down Farnborough Kent
July 30th
My dear Lord
I am much obliged for your Lordships very kind invitation to Chevening for the 3d of August, but I am sorry to say that I have friends in my house & cannot do myself the honour of accepting your kindness.— I beg to remain | Your Lordships | Faithfully & obliged | Charles Darwin
Summary
Declines invitation to Chevening [Lord Stanhope’s residence].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-13844
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Philip Henry Stanhope, 5th Earl Stanhope
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Archives of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ernst Mayr Library, Harvard University (bMs 7.10.3 (1))
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 13844,” accessed on 20 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-13844.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 5
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