To John Phillips 1 September [1858]1
Down Bromley Kent
Sept. 1
Dear Phillips
I have just been told that I am advertised for the great honour of Pres. Zoolog. Sect. Brit. Assocn. 2 I have never heard a word on subject before; and my health would not permit me to attempt so arduous a duty. Moreover, I am sorry to say, several circumstances will prevent my attending at Leeds.
I have lost no time in informing you of this mistake; for mistake I presume it to be, as I certainly have not heard a word on subject.—3
Dear Phillips | Yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Summary
Explains that he cannot serve as President of the Zoological Section at the BAAS meeting [1858].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-2324
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- John Phillips
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.157)
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 2324,” accessed on 25 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-2324.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 7