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To Società dei Naturalisti di Modena   8 February 1876

Down, | Beckenham, Kent.

Feb.8.76

Dear Sir

I beg leave to thank you for your very kind letter, & I request that you will express to the Society of Naturalists in Modena my sincere thanks for the honour which they have been so good as to confer on me.1 In accordance with you request I enclose my photograph

I have the honour to remain | Dear Sir | Yours faithfully & obliged | Charles Darwin

LS

1
The letter has not been found, but the diploma awarding CD honorary membership in the Society of Naturalists of Modena, dated 20 December 1875, is in DAR 229: 46 (see Correspondence vol. 23, Appendix III).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-10383F,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-10383F