To J.-B. Liagre   18 July 1876

down,beckenham, | england.

july 18th. 1876

sir,

i have the honour to acknowledge with thanks the receipt of the various pubications,which you have been so good as to send me on behalf of the royal academy of belgium.1

i have the honour to be, | sir, | your obedient servant | Ch. Darwin

monsieur J.Liagre | le secrétaire perpetuel de l’académie

There are copies of Bulletins de l’Académie royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux-arts de Belgique 2d ser. 29 (1870), 2d ser. 39 (1875), and the end of 2d ser. 40 (1875) in the unbound journal collection in the Darwin Archive–CUL. CD had been elected an associate of the academy in 1870 (Correspondence vol. 18, letter from L. A. J. Quetelet, 15 December 1870).

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

3.1 secrétaire] altered from ‘secretaire’ ink
3.1 perpetuel] altered from ‘perpetual’ ink
3.1 l’académie] altered from ‘l’academie’ ink

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-10561F,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-10561F