To the Linnean Society 12 September 1872
Down, | Beckenham, Kent.
Sep. 12. 72
Dear Sir,
Will you be so kind as to send me the parcel & likewise any parts of your transactions now due to me addressed to “C Darwin Esq. Orpington Stn. South Eastern Railway.” (not adding any other address)1
My dear Sir | Yours very faithfully | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
There is a note on the letter reading, ‘Answerd. req for him to retn. authorisn. to Jas. West to sign for Trans. R.K.’ R.K.: Richard Kippist, librarian of the Linnean Society. See also letter to the Linnean Society, [after 12] September 1872. CD’s copies of the Transactions of the Linnean Society of London are in the Darwin Archive–CUL. Orpington was the nearest station to Down House.
Summary
Instructions for forwarding a parcel and outstanding issues of Transactions due him.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-8517
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Linnean Society
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Linnean Society of London (Darwin Misc. Letters 9)
- Physical description
- LS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 8517,” accessed on
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 20
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