From G. N. de Stoppelaar 14 April 1877
Middleburgh
14 April 1877.
Most honoured Sir,
In the name of the executive Direction of the Scientific Society of Zeeland1 I have the honour to inform You, that in our last general meeting You have be nominated Member of our Society.
We beg leave to proffer You this membership as a plain and sincere homage of Your invaluable deserts on the scientific dominion.
The Statutes of our society,—a copy of which I have the honour of inclosing,—do not prescribe to the Foreign Members any obligation in form of the society.2 We only beg to recommend our library in their kind remembrance, in case they might publish any new work.
Permit me, in conclusion, to state that we shall be very glad at being honoured with any reply, significing that the membership of our society is accepted by You.
I am, | most honoured Sir, | Yours most respectfully, | G. N. de Stoppelaar. | Secretary.
To | Dr. Charles Darwin, Esq. | at | Down.
Footnotes
Summary
CD made a Foreign Member of the Zeeland Scientific Society at Middelburg.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-10928A
- From
- Gerardus Nicolaas de Stoppelaar
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Middelburg
- Source of text
- DAR 230: 51
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 10928A,” accessed on 23 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-10928A.xml
