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Darwin Correspondence Project

To W. S. Dallas   25 January 1881

Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | (Railway Station | Orpington S.E.R.)

Jan 25th 1881

Dear Mr Dallas

Will you be so kind as to suspend the enclosed certificate, & take whatever other steps are necessary.—1

Yours very faithfully | Ch. Darwin

Footnotes

CD had prepared a certificate for William Erasmus Darwin’s application for membership of the Geological Society of London (see letter to W. E. Darwin, 25 January 1881 and n. 1). William was elected on 9 March 1881 (Proceedings of the Geological Society of London 37 (1880–1): 236).

Summary

Asks WSD to suspend the enclosed certificate.

Letter details

Letter no.
DCP-LETT-13027F
From
Charles Robert Darwin
To
William Sweetland Dallas
Sent from
Down
Source of text
John Wilson (dealer) (May 2007)
Physical description
ALS 1p

Please cite as

Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 13027F,” accessed on 16 May 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-13027F.xml

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