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Letter to George F. Fitzgerald from Robert Goodbody

Title

Letter to George F. Fitzgerald from Robert Goodbody

Creator

Goodbody, Robert

Date

1897

Identifier

GFF 9/4

Subject

Goodbody, Robert
Ball, Robert S. 1840-1913.
British Association for the Advancement of Science.

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







Source

RDS Library & Archives GFF collection of letters

Contributor

Fitzgerald, George Francis, 1851-1901

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

Text

Coverage

1870-1901

Collection

George Francis Fitzgerald Letters

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.

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