To the Royal Society of London1 2 March [1874]2
Down, | Beckenham, Kent.
March 2d
My dear Sir
A form of certificate for admission to Royal Soc. to which I had got a lot of signatures has been lost by the Post-office, & I must set to work again & get all the signatures anew!3 Will you therefore be so good as to send me by return of Post a new certificate, & kindly inform me the latest date at which they can be suspended this year4
yours sincerely | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Record of the Royal Society of London: The record of the Royal Society of London for the promotion of natural knowledge. 4th edition. London: Royal Society. 1940.
Summary
A certificate for admission [of Robert Swinhoe] to Royal Society with many signatures has been lost by the Post Office. Asks for another so he can get the signatures anew.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-9329
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Royal Society of London
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 9329,” accessed on 28 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-9329.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 22