To G. J. Allman 17 December 1880
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D 17/80
My dear Prof Allman
Will you be so kind as to read over the enclosed memorial, about which I feel the deepest interest.1 If you agree, will you sign it and append “Pres Linnean Soc”. Huxley & I think it best to get only about a dozen signatures and all of men who have done good scientific work.2 Hooker & Lubbock will sign—3 It will save a day’s post if you will place the memorial in the envelope addressed to Prof Flower Pres Zoolg Soc—4
Believe me my dear Prof Allman | Yours very sincerely | Ch Darwin
Footnotes
The enclosure was the memorial to obtain a government pension for Alfred Russel Wallace. It has not been found, but there is a draft of it in DAR 196: 3; for a transcription, see Appendix VI.
Allman was president of the Linnean Society. CD and Thomas Henry Huxley had discussed the wording of the memorial when CD was in London earlier in the month (see letter from T. H. Huxley, 11 December 1880).
William Henry Flower was president of the Zoological Society of London.
Summary
Asks GJA to sign memorial [petitioning Government for pension for Wallace].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-12922
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- George James Allman
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 143: 18
- Physical description
- C 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12922,” accessed on 23 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12922.xml
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