| Description | Letter written from Dorset Street, Manchester Square dated 13 December. Sent to 6 Gloucester Crescent, Hyde Park. Babbage [1791-1871, mathematician and computer pioneer] declines an invitation as he is unwell and has been forbidden to go out by his doctor: 'I have been unable to go in to my own workshops although much tempted'. He hopes Frederick will call on him. With envelope. |