To George Bentham 9 March [1874]1
Down, | Beckenham, Kent.
March 9th.
My dear Mr. Bentham
If you ever attend the Balloting at the Athenæum Club will you be so kind as to give your vote & exert any influence which you properly can, in favour of my nephew, Henry Parker.2 His ballot comes on at the first meeting, on the 16th of the current month.3 He is a fellow of Oriel College,4 & I can assure you that he is a fitting man for election from his abilities, & in every other respect.
Pray believe me | Yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin
To | G. Bentham Esq
Footnotes
Bibliography
Athenæum: rules and regulations, and list of members. London: n.p. 1862.
Waugh, Francis Gledstanes. [1888.] Members of the Athenæum Club, 1824 to 1887. N.p.: privately printed.
Summary
Asks GB to support the election of CD’s nephew, Henry Parker, to the Athenaeum Club.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-9347
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- George Bentham
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Miscellaneous Correspondence Series)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 9347,” accessed on 24 September 2023, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-9347.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 22
