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
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 13 November 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-10967A.xml
