To John Washington, Secretary, Royal Geographical Society 16 May 1840
12 Upper Gower St
May 16th 1840
Sir
I beg leave to inform you, that I shall have much pleasure in accepting the honour of being proposed as a member of the Council of the Geographical Society.1
I have the honour to remain | Sir | Your obedient servant | Charles Darwin To | Capt. Washington R.N.
Secretary to the Geograp. Soc
Footnotes
CD had become a member of the Society in 1838. Elected to the Council on 25 May 1840, he served for only one year.
Summary
Has much pleasure "in accepting the honour of being proposed as a member of the Council of the Geographical Society".
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-568
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- John Washington; Royal Geographical Society
- Sent from
- London, Upper Gower St, 12
- Source of text
- Royal Geographical Society
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 568,” accessed on 23 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-568.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 2
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