To J. S. Burdon Sanderson 29 December 1880
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | (Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.)
Dec 29th 1880
My dear Dr Burdon Sanderson.
If you would not object to sign the enclosed certificate for my son Francis, it would greatly please him & me.— But you must not think of doing so if you doubt about the propriety of his candidateship.1
I enclose an addressed envelope. & remain | Yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin
Please enclose a slip of paper with the date of your Lecture at R. Institution.—2
Footnotes
Summary
Requests JSBS sign certificate for [Francis Darwin’s] candidacy [for Royal Society].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-12954
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- John Scott Burdon Sanderson, 1st baronet
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- University of British Columbia Library, Rare Books and Special Collections (Darwin - Burdon Sanderson letters RBSC-ARC-1731-1-24)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12954,” accessed on 29 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12954.xml