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From E. H. von Baumhauer   19 May 1877

Société Hollandaise | des | Sciences | à Harlem. | Harlem,

Mai 19th. 1877

Dear Sir!

It is my pleasing duty to inform You that the Dutch Society of Sciences at Haarlem (the eldest Scientific Society in the Netherlands erected 1752) today in general meeting has chosen You unanimously to its foreign member, in appreciation of Your great merits in different branches of sciences.1

This nomination, to which I add my sincere congratulations, affords me the great pleasure to enter in scientific relation with You, I therefore avail myself of this opportunity to express to you my high esteem and regards | Yours truly | Dr. E. H. von Baumhauer

To Dr Charles R. Darwin | Down. Beckenham | Kent

Footnotes

The full title of the society was Koninklijke Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen (Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities).

Summary

CD elected unanimously as a foreign member of the Dutch Society of Sciences. [See 10970.]

Letter details

Letter no.
DCP-LETT-10967A
From
Edouard Henri von Baumhauer
To
Charles Robert Darwin
Sent from
Harlem
Source of text
DAR 230: 52
Physical description
ALS 2pp

Please cite as

Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 10967A,” accessed on 6 October 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-10967A.xml

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