To G. J. Romanes 4 January 1877
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.
Jan. 4. 1877
Dear Romanes,
From what you say I will not send you a blank certificate but wait till I hear from you or see you.1 I will however bring up a blank certificate with me. If convenient, will you come & lunch on Monday at 2 Bryanston St at 1 o’clock?2 & you can bring the certificate or send it, which ever you like
Yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Romanes’s letter has not been found, but see the letter from Charles and Francis Darwin to G. J. Romanes, 2 January [1877] and n. 2. The ‘Certificate of a candidate for election’ had to be filled in by Romanes and signed by CD and others supporting his election to the Royal Society of London.
The Monday following 4 January 1877 was 8 January. The Darwins stayed in London at the home of their daughter and son-in-law, Henrietta Emma and Richard Buckley Litchfield, from 6 to 15 January 1877 (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)).
Summary
Discusses certificate proposing GJR as Fellow of Royal Society.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-10770
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- George John Romanes
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.504)
- Physical description
- LS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 10770,” accessed on 26 March 2023, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-10770.xml
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