Dear Sir/

I believe in my letter of yesterday I omitted to ask you whether the date provisionally arranged by our deputation was convenient— If not we will arrange to suit you—¹

I am now able to give you exact information as to the composition of the deputation. The gentleman from Huddersfield will be M^r. George Brook FLS., my colleague in the secretaryship of the Union. In other respects the names stand as I first wrote you, except that official duties prevent D^r. Parsons² from taking part.

I think it as well to send you, which I do by this post, one of the copies of the Address which will be given to a few of our members.³ The wording of the address is repeated in the copy & the signatures are traced from the original—

Trusting you will not scruple to alter our arrangements if necessary | Believe me | meanwhile | Yours truly | W^m. Denison Roebuck | Sec

Geo. Darwin Esq