To the Geological Society of London 12 March [1843]
Down Bromley | Kent
March 12th
Dear Sir
Will you be so good as to send me a line by return of Post, informing me (if you can find out) how many copies of our Proceedings are annually sold. I am particularly anxious to know this soon—1
Believe me | Yours very faithfully | C. Darwin
Footnotes
CD served as a vice-president of the Geological Society in 1843 (see Proceedings of the Geological Society 4 (1842–5): 64). His reason for requesting the number of copies of Proceedings sold is not known. The Annual Report of 1843 lists £18 realised from the sale, but the number of copies is not specified.
Summary
Asks how many copies of Proceedings are commonly sold.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-663
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Geological Society of London
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Geological Society of London (GSL/L/R/7/354)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 663,” accessed on 19 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-663.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 2
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