To ? 9 December 1872
Dec. 9 1872
Dear Sir
I request that you will be so good as to return my sincere thanks to the [Jersey] Natural Hist. Socy for the honour which they have conferred on me by my Election as one of their Honorary Members.1
With much respect I have the honour to remain | Dear Sir | Your obliged & obedient servant | Charles Darwin
Footnotes
The society has not been identified. The Société Jersiaise was founded in January 1873 on the island of Jersey; however, CD was not listed among their honorary members (Société Jersiaise, Premier bulletin annuel 1875).
Summary
Thanks an unidentifiable natural history society for electing him an honorary member.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-8665F
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Unidentified
- Source of text
- Galerie Frédéric Castaing (dealer) (November 2013)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 8665F,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-8665F.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 24 (Supplement)
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