From Newman Marks 15 November 1879
The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings | 9 Buckingham St: | Strand W.C.
15th. Novr 1879.
Prof: Darwin F.R.S | Beckenham. | Kent.
Sir,
We are obliged by your favor of yesterday enclosing Memorial signed1
You were quite right in attaching your degrees to your signature—2
I am, Sir, | Yrs. faithfully | T Newman Marks | Secy.
Footnotes
See letter to Newman Marks, 14 November [1879]. The memorial criticised the proposed restoration of the facade of St Mark’s Basilica in Venice.
In the published memorial (The Times, 19 November 1879, p. 8), CD’s name appears on the list of signatories as ‘Professor Darwin, F.R.S.’. CD had BA and MA degrees from Cambridge, and had received an honorary LLD (doctor of laws) from Cambridge in 1877 (Freeman 1878, p. 49).
Summary
Thanks CD for signing a memorial.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-12321
- From
- Thomas Newman (Newman) Marks
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- London, Buckingham St, 9
- Source of text
- DAR 171: 40
- Physical description
- LS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12321,” accessed on 26 May 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12321.xml
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