To James Hector 14 May 1872
Down, | Beckenham, Kent.
May 14th 1872
Sir
I beg leave to thank you for your letter in which you inform me that the New Zealand Institute has conferred on me the honour of electing me an Honorary member; & I request that you will return for me my very sincere acknowledgment for this honour.—1
I remain, Sir, | Your most obedient servant | Charles Darwin
To | Dr. Hector
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Summary
Acknowledges election as Honorary Member of the New Zealand Institute [now Royal Society N. Z.].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-8328
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- James Hector
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Te Papa Archives, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (MU000279/001/0001/0001)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 8328,” accessed on 20 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-8328.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 20
