To J. J. Weir 1 September 1868
Down, Bromley, Kent. S.E.
Sept. 1, 1868
My dear Sir
I suppose you have returned from your trip to the Continent, as we have from the I. of Wight.1
I write now to ask whether you will give me the real pleasure of seeing you here on Sat. the 12th. I will try to get Mr. Wallace and Bates to come at the same time.2 Your best route will be to join the S.E. Railway at New Cross and come to Orpington Station. If it will suit you to arrive at Orpington Station at 5.44 (which will be in good time for our dinner) I will send my carriage to meet you and I can send you back on Monday morning, at whatever hour you like. I do hope you may be able to come and that I may have the pleasure of thanking you in person for your great kindness.
Pray believe me | Yours sincerely | Charles Darwin.
Footnotes
Summary
Invites JJW to visit Down. Will try to get A. R. Wallace and H. W. Bates also.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-6343
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- John Jenner Weir
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 148: 319
- Physical description
- C 1p, cov
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 6343,” accessed on 29 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-6343.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 16