To A. Y. Spearman 18 August 1838
36 Great Marlborough St
August 18th. 1838
Sir
In pursuance of your directions in your letter of Feby. 23d. 1838, and in accordance with the plan of expenditure, which met (Octbr. 11th. 1837) the approval of the Lords Comm: of Her Majesty’s Treasury, I enclose the accounts for Noo 1 of Part II and Noo 1 of Part III, of the “Zoology of the Voyage of the Beagle”, which have both been published.—1 I beg leave to state, that as on the former occasion, I have superintended every expense, & the terms agreed on with the artists. I presume, if the account meets with their Lordships approval, Mrrs. Smith and Elder may as before, wait on Mr Sarjent2 at the Treasury Chambers for payment.
I have the honor to remain | Sir | Your obedient and obliged servant | Charles Darwin To | A. Y. Spearman Esqr
Treasury Chambers.
Footnotes
Bibliography
Birds: Pt 3 of The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle. By John Gould. Edited and superintended by Charles Darwin. London: Smith, Elder and Co. 1839–41.
Summary
Notification of submission of Smith, Elder & Co. accounts (enclosed) for first numbers of part II and part III of the Zoology, which are now published.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-424A
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Alexander Young Spearman, 1st baronet
- Sent from
- London, Gt Marlborough St, 36
- Source of text
- The National Archives (TNA) (T1/4524 paper 25824)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 424A,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-424A.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 2