From W. B. Cheadle 17 February 1879
2. Hyde Park Place, | Cumberland Gate. W.
Feb. 17. 1879
My dear Sir,
Will you excuse my troubling you again with regard to the Cambridge Memorial? The heading has been altered so as to include all graduates, in whatever faculty—who are, or have formerly been, engaged in the study or practice of Medicine—.1 Thus the objection which, as I understood your letter, alone prevented you from appending your signature has been removed—& I venture to apply again, or, if you should perfer it will you kindly endorse the Memorial at the end—in company with others whose names are already appended But I should of course feel most satisfied to have you support as a Cambridge man—
Should your son have returned to England, and be willing to give his signature also, I should be greatly obliged for it.—2
I find upon further enquiry that the statement with regard to Medical Fellowships is substantially correct— at Caius two Medical Fellowships were founded by Dr. Caius— one of these is now held by a non-medical Fellow— at Trinity, one of ten Fellowships was given on the condition that the holder proceeded to the M.D degree— This condition appears to have been abrogated—for I believe there is no such Fellow at Trinity now—3
Believe me | Very truly yours | W. B. Cheadle
Footnotes
Summary
Second request that CD sign a Cambridge memorial [i.e., petition]. The heading has been amended to include graduates who have formerly studied medicine.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11887
- From
- Walter Butler Cheadle
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- London, Hyde Park Place, 2
- Source of text
- DAR 161: 136
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11887,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11887.xml