To William Bowman 9 March [1874]1
Down, | Beckenham, Kent.
March 9th
My dear Bowman
If you ever attend the Ballotting at the Athenaeum Club, will you give your vote & exert any influence which you properly can in favour of my nephew, Henry Parker. He will be ballotted for at the first meeting on the 16th of the current month. He is a fellow of Oriel College, & I can assure you that he is a fitting man for election from his abilities & in every other respect.—2
Believe me | Yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin
W. Bowman Esq
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Waugh, Francis Gledstanes. [1888.] Members of the Athenæum Club, 1824 to 1887. N.p.: privately printed.
Summary
Urges WB to give his vote "and exert any influence which you properly can" in favour of CD’s nephew, Henry Parker, a fellow of Oriel, at the next balloting at the Athenaeum.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-9346
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- William Bowman, 1st baronet
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Heritage Auctions (dealers) (12 November 2020, lot 47256)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 9346,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-9346.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 22
