To A. Y. Spearman 27 May 1839
12 Upper Gower St
May 27th.—
Sir
I have the honour to transmit as on former occasions, for the approval of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury, the account of Mrss. Smith & Elder for the second and third numbers of the First Part of the “Zoology of the Voyage of the Beagle”, both of which are now published.1
I beg leave to state, that as before I have examined the accounts, and superintended the expenditure of each part.—
I have the honour to remain | Sir | Your obedient servant | Charles Darwin To | A. Y. Spearman Esqr
Treasury Chambers.
Footnotes
Summary
Presents the account of Smith, Elder & Co. for the now published second and third numbers of the first part of the Zoology.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-512A
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Alexander Young Spearman, 1st baronet
- Sent from
- London, Upper Gower St, 12
- Source of text
- The National Archives (TNA) (T1/4524 paper 25824)
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 512A,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-512A.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 2
