To J. F. Royle [2 February 1842]
12 Upper Gower St
Wednesday
Dear Royle
My brother Erasmus Darwin’s ballot for the Athenæum comes on Monday next the 7th.— If you will attend & give him your vote, I shall feel much obliged1
Ever yours | C. Darwin
Can you, also, assist him by your interest with any friend, who may attend
Footnotes
E. A. Darwin ‘came in triumphantly without one black ball’ (Emma Darwin to Jessie Sismondi, 8 February [1842], Emma Darwin (1915) 2: 67).
Bibliography
Emma Darwin (1915): Emma Darwin: a century of family letters, 1792–1896. Edited by Henrietta Litchfield. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1915.
Summary
Asks JFR to support E. A. Darwin’s election to the Athenaeum.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-617
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- John Forbes Royle
- Sent from
- London, Upper Gower St, 12
- Source of text
- University of Rochester Libraries, Department of Rare Books, Special Collections and Preservation
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 617,” accessed on 4 June 2023, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-617.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 2
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