To G. J. Romanes   4 January 1877

Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.

Jan. 4. 1877

Dear Romanes,

From what you say I will not send you a blank certificate but wait till I hear from you or see you.1 I will however bring up a blank certificate with me. If convenient, will you come & lunch on Monday at 2 Bryanston St at 1 o’clock?2 & you can bring the certificate or send it, which ever you like

Yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin

LS

1
Romanes’s letter has not been found, but see the letter from Charles and Francis Darwin to G. J. Romanes, 2 January [1877] and n. 2. The ‘Certificate of a candidate for election’ had to be filled in by Romanes and signed by CD and others supporting his election to the Royal Society of London.
2
The Monday following 4 January 1877 was 8 January. The Darwins stayed in London at the home of their daughter and son-in-law, Henrietta Emma and Richard Buckley Litchfield, from 6 to 15 January 1877 (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-10770,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-10770