To J. F. Royle [2 February 1842]
12 Upper Gower St
Wednesday
Dear Royle
My brother Erasmus Darwin’s ballot for the Athenæum comes on Monday next the 7th — If you will attend & give him your vote, I shall feel much obliged1
Ever yours | C. Darwin
Can you, also, assist him by your interest with any friend, who may attend
Footnotes
1
E. A. Darwin ‘came in triumphantly without one black ball’ (Emma Darwin to Jessie Sismondi, 8 February [1842], Emma Darwin 2: 67).
Summary
Asks JFR to support E. A. Darwin’s election to the Athenaeum.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-617
- From
- Darwin, C. R.
- To
- Royle, J. F.
- Sent from
- London, Upper Gower St, 12
- Physical description
- 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 617,” accessed on 26 September 2016, http://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/DCP-LETT-617
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