To P. L. Sclater 29 December 1880
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | (Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.)
December 29th 1880
My dear Mr Sclater
I earnestly hope that the enclosed Memorial will meet with your approval, & if it does, that you will sign it. There will be only a few other signatures, Mr Bates (as his co-traveller in Amazonia) Hooker, Huxley & self.1 The Duke of Argyll has written to Mr Gladstone about this—2 As you will see most of the men have appended their offices, & this looks more imposing(!) & therefore, I think, you had better add yours, but of this you will be a better judge than I can be.—3 No time shd be lost, so please put the Memorial in enclosed envelope & post it at once; or if you are in Hanover Sqe, could you send it by messenger.?4
I feel a very deep interest in the success of the Memorial.
Believe me, my dear Mr Sclater | Yours very sincerely | Charles Darwin
Footnotes
Summary
Asks PLS to sign the memorial for a pension for Wallace.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-12953
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Philip Lutley Sclater
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Wellcome Collection (MS.7781/1–32 item 18)
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12953,” accessed on 2 November 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12953.xml