To F. J. Furnivall 6 December [1872–3]1
Down, | Beckenham, Kent.
Dec 6
Mr C. Darwin presents his compliments to Mr Furnivall & as he has never attended to the subject of the proposed Society, he does not wish for the honour of being one of the Vice-Presidents. 2
Footnotes
The year range is established by the printed stationery, with the address in the centre; CD used this type of notepaper from January 1872 until November 1874.
Bibliography
ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.
Summary
Formally declines the vice-presidency of a proposed society.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-8662
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Frederick James Furnivall
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- The Huntington Library (FU 257)
- Physical description
- LS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 8662,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-8662.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 20
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