To Charles Babbage [1838]1
My dear Mr. Babbage
I am very much obliged to you for sending me cards for your parties, but I am afraid of accepting them, for I should meet some people there, to whom I have sworn by all the saints in Heaven, I never go out, & should, therefore, be ashamed to meet them.— I assure you I feel very grateful for your kindness to me.
Believe me | Most sincerely yrs. | Chas. Darwin
Wednesd Morning
36 Grt. Marlbro’ Stt.—
Footnotes
Summary
CD is much obliged for invitations to CB’s parties, but is afraid to accept because he would meet people to whom he has sworn he never goes out.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-351
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Charles Babbage
- Sent from
- London, Gt Marlborough St, 36
- Source of text
- The British Library (Add MS 37191: 81)
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 351,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-351.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 2
