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From Emma Darwin to John Tyndall   7 October [1875]1

Down, | Beckenham, Kent.

Thursday Oct 7

Dear Professor Tyndall

We are expecting Professor & Mrs. Huxley on Sat. the 16th to stay over the Sunday with us, & Mr Darwin & I would be so glad if we could persuade you to come for the same time.2 I am in hopes we may still have a remnant of summer to receive you.

Believe me | very truly yours | Emma Darwin.

Footnotes

1
This letter was published in Correspondence vol. 23 from a copy at CUL; the original was later found also at CUL. The year is established by the reference to the visit (see n. 2, below).
2
According to Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), Thomas Henry Huxley, Henrietta Anne Huxley, and Tyndall stayed at Down on the weekend of 16 and 17 October 1875.

Bibliography

Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.

Summary

An invitation to Down for Sunday 16 October.

Letter details

Letter no.
DCP-LETT-10185F
From
Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin
To
John Tyndall
Sent from
Down
Source of text
DAR 261.8: 34 (EH 88205972)
Physical description
ALS 2pp

Please cite as

Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 10185F,” accessed on 20 May 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-10185F.xml

Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 23

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