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
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 26 September 2022, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-617.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 2