To Henry Edwards 21 February 1881
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington
Feb. 21, 1881
Dear Sir
I have the pleasure to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of Feb. 7th in which you inform me that the Entomological Club of New York has conferred on me the honour of electing me an honorary member; & I request that you will be so good as to return to the association my sincere thanks.1
I remain Dear Sir | Your sincere & obedient servant | Charles Darwin
H. Edwards Esq. | New York Ent. | 185 East 116th st. | New York | U. States.
Footnotes
Bibliography
Weiss, Harry B. 1948. The New York Entomological Club and ‘Papilio’. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 56: 119–36.
Summary
Acknowledges with thanks the honour conferred by the Entomological Club of New York in electing CD an honorary member.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-13059A
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Henry Edwards
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Weiss 1948, p. 123
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 13059A,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-13059A.xml
