To Octavian Blewitt 2 April [1862]1
Down. | Bromley. | Kent. S.E.
April 2d
Mr. Darwin presents his compliments to the Secretary, & is sorry to say that the state of his health renders it impossible for him to accept the honour of acting as one of the Stewards at the Anniversary Dinner of the Literary Fund.—2
Footnotes
The year is established from the position of this letter in the archives of the Royal Literary Fund.
Blewitt was secretary of the Royal Literary Fund. See also this volume, Supplement, letter to Octavian Blewitt, 27 March [1860]. In 1862, the dinner took place on 25 June (The Times, 26 June 1862, p. 7).
Summary
Declines the honour of acting as Steward at the Annual Dinner of the Royal Literary Fund.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-3491F
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Octavian Blewitt
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- The British Library (Loan 96: RLF 4/16 1862 file 3)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 3491F,” accessed on 24 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-3491F.xml
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