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From B. J. Sulivan   14 October [1862]1

Board of Trade. S.W.

Oct 14th.

My dear Darwin

I think Tuesday 21st. if you are well enough would be the best day for Wickham2   he does not go till Friday 24th. we could go down by 3.30. or 4.40. train—& I could get back in time by 11.29 train on Wednesday but I shall see Wickham & Mellersh on Friday & will then settle with them.

Yours very sincly | B. J. Sulivan

Footnotes

The year is established by reference to the visit to Down House on 21 October 1862, of Sulivan, John Clements Wickham, and Arthur Mellersh (Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)).
See letters from B. J. Sulivan, 27 September [1862], 2 October [1862], and 13 October [1862].

Summary

Arranges to come to Down on the 21st if CD is well enough.

Letter details

Letter no.
DCP-LETT-3763
From
Bartholomew James Sulivan
To
Charles Robert Darwin
Sent from
Board of Trade
Source of text
DAR 177: 278
Physical description
ALS 2pp

Please cite as

Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 3763,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-3763.xml

Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 10

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