To the Council of the Geological Society of London [before 6 December 1841]1
The Museum Committee appointed at the Meeting of Council on the 1st. instant, having taken into consideration the subject referred to them beg to recommend to the adoption of the Council the following resolution viz that Mr. Lonsdale be empowered at his discretion to pack away in Boxes according to the plan suggested by himself those specimens in the foreign Collection (not being fossils) which have been collected in S. America, & in the volcanic Islands of the Atlantic ocean:—
G. B. Greenough. | Ar Aiken | C. Darwin | CJF Bunbury
Footnotes
Summary
Committee suggests Council resolve to have William Lonsdale pack away non-fossil specimens from S. America and volcanic islands of the Atlantic [signed G. B. Greenough, A. Aiken, C. Darwin, C. J. F. Bunbury].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-612
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin; Charles James Fox Bunbury, 8th baronet; Arthur Aikin; George Bellas Greenough
- To
- Geological Society of London
- Sent from
- unstated
- Source of text
- Geological Society of London (CM1/5)
- Physical description
- DS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 612,” accessed on 16 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-612.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 2
