To W. A. Knight 22 August [1867]1
Down. | Bromley. | Kent. S.E.
Aug 22nd.
Dear Sir
I am much obliged for your very kind & hospitable invitation for the British Association at Dundee.2 But I am sorry to say I shall not be able to have the pleasure3
Footnotes
The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from W. A. Knight, 20 August 1867 (Correspondence vol. 15).
The British Association for the Advancement of Science held its annual meeting for 1867 in Dundee from 4 to 11 September (Report of the 37th meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science (1867): lxxiii).
The remainder of the letter has been excised.
Summary
Will not attend the British Association meeting at Dundee.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-5614F
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- William Angus Knight
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- The Morgan Library and Museum, New York (Knight Collection MA 8601)
- Physical description
- L 1p inc
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 5614F,” accessed on 20 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-5614F.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 24 (Supplement)
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