To T. H. Huxley [11 or 18 May 1871]1
Bassett, Southampton.
Thursday
My dear Huxley
My son W. E. Darwin wants very much to hear your lecture; your number of tickets may be limited, but if you possibly can, pray leave an order at the door for his admission.2 I think Bence Jones wd grant this favour, as he sends me an annual ticket which I do not use—3
Perhaps the best plan will be to send a ticket (if you can) to No 6. Queen Anne St. Cavendish Sqre.4
ever yours | Ch Darwin E. D’s idea | Ch Darwin HED’s forgery | Ch. Darwin | The real, elegant ticket5
Footnotes
Summary
Asks for a ticket for THH’s lecture at the Royal Institution for WED. With ED’s and HED’s forgeries of CD’s signature.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-6541F
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Thomas Henry Huxley
- Sent from
- Bassett, Southampton
- Source of text
- Janet Huxley (private collection)
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 6541F,” accessed on 29 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-6541F.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 24 (Supplement)