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Darwin Correspondence Project

To [Walter Besant?]   10 January [1872–4]1

Down, | Beckenham, Kent.

Jan 10.

Mr C. Darwin presents his compliments to Mr Besant & regrets that the state of his health will prevent his having the honour of accepting his very kind invitation.2

Footnotes

The year range is established by the headed notepaper, which is of a sort that CD used between 1872 and 1874. Walter Besant, a literary man in London and secretary of the Palestine Exploration Fund, is suggested as a possible recipient.
The occasion of the invitation has not been identified; no other evidence of contact with a Mr Besant has been found.

Summary

Refuses an invitation on the grounds of ill-health.

Letter details

Letter no.
DCP-LETT-9236F
From
Charles Robert Darwin
To
Walter Besant
Sent from
Down
Source of text
eBay UK: worthpoint.com/worthopedia/emma-darwin-original-letter-1871-286171432, accessed 30 January 2020
Physical description
L 1p

Please cite as

Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 9236F,” accessed on 28 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-9236F.xml

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