From Thomas Stewardson 16 April 1860
Hall of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.
April 16th 1860
To Charles Darwin F.R.S
Sir,
I have the honour to inform you, that at a meeting held March 27th 1860 you were elected a Correspondent of this Society. 1
To this announcement of the confidence of the Academy, I beg leave to add that it is with sentiments of the highest respect, I subscribe myself,
Your obedient servant, | Thos. Stewardson M.D. | Corresponding Secretary, | Of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.
Extracts from the Constitution and By-Laws of the Academy.
Chapter 3, Article 7. No pecuniary contributions shall be required from Correspondents, but Correspondents residing in the United States shall be charged a diploma fee of five dollars.
[Enclosure]
The Academy of
Natural Sciences
of Philadelphia
has elected
Charles Darwin
London.
a Correspondent of the Association this twenty seventh day of March 1860.
Isaac Lea President
Robert Bridges
Wm S Vaux2 Vice Presidents
Thos. Stewardson Corresponding Secretary
Howard Rand3 M.D. Recording
Footnotes
Summary
CD elected correspondent of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-2761A
- From
- Thomas Stewardson
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Philadelphia
- Source of text
- DAR 229: 3, 230: 4
- Physical description
- LS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 2761A,” accessed on 25 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-2761A.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 13 (Supplement)
