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Darwin Correspondence Project

To H. B. Tristram   26 February [1874]

Down, | Beckenham, Kent.

Feb. 26

Dear Sir

I sent you by post on Feb. 16th a certificate for Mr Swinhoe for the Royal Socy, with a request that you could sign it & return it to me.1 As I have not received it, I am much afraid that it is lost. May I earnestly beg you to inform me by return of post whether you have received it.2

Dear Sir | yours faithfully | Ch. Darwin

Footnotes

CD wrote on the envelope, ‘If from home, please forward immediately’.

Bibliography

Record of the Royal Society of London: The record of the Royal Society of London for the promotion of natural knowledge. 4th edition. London: Royal Society. 1940.

Summary

Asks HBT whether he received the certificate nominating Robert Swinhoe for the Royal Society.

Letter details

Letter no.
DCP-LETT-9317A
From
Charles Robert Darwin
To
Henry Baker Tristram
Sent from
Down
Postmark
FE 26 74
Source of text
Wheldon & Wesley (dealers) (1984)
Physical description
ALS 1p

Please cite as

Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 9317A,” accessed on 28 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-9317A.xml

Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 22

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