To J. J. Moulinié 29 August [1868]1
Down. | Bromley. | Kent. S.E.
Aug 29.
My dear Sir
I shall be delighted to see you here & I am much obliged to you for offering to pay me a visit.2 Your best plan will be to come by the S.E. Railway from Charing Cross to Orpington Station which is 3 miles from my house & where you will find carriages waiting.
I hope you will be able to spare time to sleep here & I will convey you to the station the next morning. I do not know whether Professor Carl Vogt is in London but if so I wish you could persuade him to give me the pleasure & honour of seeing him here at the same time.3
I am bound to tell you that my health is so weak that I find my head will not stand the excitement of more than half an hour’s conversation at a time.
If it should be convenient for you to come tomorrow (Sunday) pray do not mind about giving me notice as I shall be most glad to see you.
Pray believe me | My dear Sir | yours very faithfully | Charles Darwin
Footnotes
Summary
Hopes JJM can visit tomorrow and stay the night.
Would like to ask Carl Vogt if he is still in London.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-6332F
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Jean Jacques Moulinié
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Bibliothèque de Genève (Ms. fr. 1557, ff. 213–14)
- Physical description
- LS 4pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 6332F,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-6332F.xml
