To Gideon Algernon Mantell 23 May 1839
Geological Society of London | Somerset House.
23rd May 1839
Sir,
I am requested by the Geological Society to express their thanks for your present of Plants in Anthracite from Philadelphia, and Fossils from Cornwall1 and to assure you that the Society are much honored by this mark of consideration.
I have the honour to be, | Sir, | Your most obedient and very humble Servant, | Charles Darwin | Secretary To Dr. Mantell
F.G.S. etc.
Footnotes
Summary
Writes, as Secretary of the Geological Society, to thank GAM for his presents, a slab of anthracite with plant impressions (from Philadelphia) and some fossils from Cornwall.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-511A
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Gideon Algernon Mantell
- Sent from
- Geological Society of London
- Source of text
- Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand (Mantell papers, fMS-Papers-0083-465)
- Physical description
- LS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 511A,” accessed on 28 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-511A.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 2