To Charles Babbage [1839 – August 1842]
12 Upper Gower Stt.
Saturday Evening
Dear Babbage
I am exceedingly sorry that I troubled you unnecessarily for an extension of your kind invitation, as I happen to be so unwell to day, that I am quite unable to come.—
Pray excuse me having troubled you & believe me Yours very truly | Chas. Darwin
Summary
Is so unwell today that he is unable to come [to CB’s party].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-476
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Charles Babbage
- Sent from
- London, Upper Gower St, 12
- Source of text
- The British Library (Add 37191: 297)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 476,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-476.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 2
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