Letter to George F. Fitzgerald from Robert Goodbody
Title
Letter to George F. Fitzgerald from Robert Goodbody
Creator
Date
Identifier
GFF 9/4
Subject
Description
A handwritten letter from Robert Goodbody to Professor George F. Fitzgerald dated, 21st of August 1897.
Robert Goodbody thanks George for his card and is delighted at the idea of seeing him. He asks if George will stop in New York during the B. & A. meeting and who will accompany him, offering to host two people comfortably and encouraging George to stay as long as he likes. He wonders if Ball will also be coming and asks to be informed so he can write to him. He mentions he may be busy with his sister visiting but assures George he will always have room for him above anyone else.
3pp.
Transcription:
Dear George,
Your kind card to hand & I am greatly pleased at the prospect of seeing you. Do you stay at all on your way through New York at the B. & A. meeting? & who will be with you? Mind I can always put up two people easily. & I want
you to make my. Plan you house for as long & as often as you can manage it will make me feel young again to see you! Not that I feel old but this begins me. Will Ball be coming on? If so please let me know & I will write to him. The only doubt I have is that for Sister is to be on & I will not manage the time at ours.
But [Colborn?] comes remember I have room for you in preference to any one be he great or small.
Yours affectionally,
Robert Goodbody
Robert Goodbody thanks George for his card and is delighted at the idea of seeing him. He asks if George will stop in New York during the B. & A. meeting and who will accompany him, offering to host two people comfortably and encouraging George to stay as long as he likes. He wonders if Ball will also be coming and asks to be informed so he can write to him. He mentions he may be busy with his sister visiting but assures George he will always have room for him above anyone else.
3pp.
Transcription:
Dear George,
Your kind card to hand & I am greatly pleased at the prospect of seeing you. Do you stay at all on your way through New York at the B. & A. meeting? & who will be with you? Mind I can always put up two people easily. & I want
you to make my. Plan you house for as long & as often as you can manage it will make me feel young again to see you! Not that I feel old but this begins me. Will Ball be coming on? If so please let me know & I will write to him. The only doubt I have is that for Sister is to be on & I will not manage the time at ours.
But [Colborn?] comes remember I have room for you in preference to any one be he great or small.
Yours affectionally,
Robert Goodbody
Source
RDS Library & Archives GFF collection of letters
Contributor
Rights
Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives.
Relation
RDS Science Archive
Format
Manuscript
Language
English
Type
Coverage
1870-1901
Collection
Citation
Goodbody, Robert, “Letter to George F. Fitzgerald from Robert Goodbody,” RDS Digital Archive, accessed July 20, 2025, https://digitalarchive.rds.ie/items/show/2353.