To Edward Frankland 9 March [1874]1
Down, | Beckenham, Kent.
March 9th
My dear Sir
If you ever attend the ballotting at the Athenæum will you be so kind as to give your vote, & exert any influence which you properly can, in favour of my nephew Henry Parker. He is a fellow of Oriel, & I can assure you that he is a fitting man for election from his abilities & in every other respect.
He will be ballotted for at the first meeting on the 16th of this month.2
Pray forgive me for troubling you, & believe me | yours sincerely | Ch. Darwin
To Professor Frankland
Footnotes
Bibliography
Waugh, Francis Gledstanes. [1888.] Members of the Athenæum Club, 1824 to 1887. N.p.: privately printed.
Summary
Requests EF’s vote and support in favour of Henry Parker for membership in the Athenaeum.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-9347A
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Edward Frankland
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- The John Rylands Library, The University of Manchester
- Physical description
- LS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 9347A,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-9347A.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 22