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To the Kaiserliche Akademie der Wissenschaften   [after 20 July 1875]1

Sir

I beg leave to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of July 20th enclosing my Diploma as Honorary Mem of Imp. Acad of Sciences &c.2 I hope that you will take an early opportunity of expressing to the Academy my high senses of this most distinguished honour.

With great respect, I remain | Sir | Your obliged & obedient servt | Ch. Darwin

ADraftS

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The date is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from the Kaiserliche Akademie der Wissenschaften, 20 July 1875.

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

1.1 enclosing] after del ‘& of’
1.1 my] over ‘the’
1.2 Imp.] after del ‘your’; ‘your’ above del ‘the’
1.2 &c.] interl
1.2 hope] after del ‘beg leave’
1.3 take … of] interl
1.3 expressing] altered from ‘express’
1.3 to the] ‘on my part’ added and del below
1.3 Academy] after del ‘Soci’
1.3 most] interl
2.1 With great respect] below del ‘which has been a some’
2.1 remain] after del ‘I beg leave to’
2.1 obliged … servt] above del ‘obed’

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-10083,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-10083