To Albert Günther 12 February 1874
Down, | Beckenham, Kent.
Feb 12 1874
My dear Dr Günther
If you have no objection will you be so kind as to sign the enclosed & return it to me. If Dr Gray knows Mr Swinhoe, perhaps you will be so good as to ask him whether he will also sign it.1
yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
CD was asking Günther, assistant keeper of the zoological collections at the British Museum, and John Edward Gray, the keeper, to support the election of Robert Swinhoe to the Royal Society of London. Swinhoe was not successful until 1876 (Record of the Royal Society of London). See also letter from Robert Swinhoe, 9 February 1874.
Bibliography
Record of the Royal Society of London: The record of the Royal Society of London for the promotion of natural knowledge. 4th edition. London: Royal Society. 1940.
Summary
Asks AG to sign an enclosure [see 9291].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-9287
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Albrecht Carl Ludwig Gotthilf (Albert) Günther
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Shrewsbury School, Taylor Library (38)
- Physical description
- LS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 9287,” accessed on 16 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-9287.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 22
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