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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