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To Felix Marchand   [c. 1 August 1879]1

[6 Queen Anne Street, London / Waterhead Hotel, Coniston.]

Dear Sir

I thank you for your very courteous, letter, & I hope that you will express to the members of your Society how much obliged I feel for the gr H. which they have conferred on me by electing me a member of the Society which has for so long a period assisted in the progress of Natural Science.—2

I shall not return to my home for about a month, but as soon as I do, it will give me pleasure to forward a photograph of myself3

I have the honour to remain | Yours faithfully & obliged | C D.

Footnotes

1
The date is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from Felix Marchand, 20 July 1879, and by CD’s statement that he was away from home (see n. 3, below).
2
See letter from Felix Marchand, 20 July 1879. CD had been made a member of the Naturforschende Gesellschaft zu Halle (Natural Science Society of Halle).
3
The Darwins stayed at Coniston in the Lake District from 2 to 27 August 1879; they were in London on 1 August (Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)).

Summary

Thanks for his election to the Naturforschende Gesellschaft, Halle. Will send photograph as requested.

Letter details

Letter no.
DCP-LETT-12166
From
Charles Robert Darwin
To
Felix Jacob (Felix) Marchand
Sent from
Down
Source of text
DAR 202: 115v
Physical description
ADraftS 1p

Please cite as

Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12166,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12166.xml

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