From Franklin Society, Union Christian College 23 March 1878
Union | Christian College. | Franklin Society | U. C. C. | “Bonum Exemplum Sequimur.” | Merom, Sullivan County, Indiana,
March 23 1878
Prof. Chas. R Darwin:
Dear Sir
You are hereby notified that you have been elected an honorary member of the “Franklin Literary Society”.1 To receive a favorable reply from you will give us great pleasure
We have already adorned our hall with some valuable portraits and painting, and, wishing to extend the decoration, we would be glad to purchase a life size portrait of yourself.
If you can procure it for us, please oblige us by so doing,
Send bill with the portrait, as soon as possible, and we will remit the money. But let us hear from you immediately.
Your Truly
| Joel Myers | ||
| G. A. Miller | } | Committee |
| P. A. Canada2 | ||
| (Per. Myers) |
Footnotes
Summary
CD elected an honorary member of the Franklin Literary Society, who would like to commission a life-size portrait of him.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11438A
- From
- Franklin Society
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Merom, Indiana
- Source of text
- DAR 230: 60
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11438A,” accessed on 24 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11438A.xml
