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From G. N. de Stoppelaar   14 April 1877

Middleburgh

14 April 1877.

Most honoured Sir,

In the name of the executive Direction of the Scientific Society of Zeeland1 I have the honour to inform You, that in our last general meeting You have be nominated Member of our Society.

We beg leave to proffer You this membership as a plain and sincere homage of Your invaluable deserts on the scientific dominion.

The Statutes of our society,—a copy of which I have the honour of inclosing,—do not prescribe to the Foreign Members any obligation in form of the society.2 We only beg to recommend our library in their kind remembrance, in case they might publish any new work.

Permit me, in conclusion, to state that we shall be very glad at being honoured with any reply, significing that the membership of our society is accepted by You.

I am, | most honoured Sir, | Yours most respectfully, | G. N. de Stoppelaar. | Secretary.

To | Dr. Charles Darwin, Esq. | at | Down.

1
Zeeuwsch Genootschap der Wetenschappen te Middelburg (Zeeland Scientific Society at Middelburg). The society was founded in 1769 and based in Middelburg from 1801 (Koninklijk Zeeuwsch Genootschap de Wetenschappen, Historie, www.kzgw.nl/kzgw/historie/, accessed 26 November 2015).
2
The statutes sent to CD have not been found. For the diploma of the society, see Appendix III.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-10928A,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-10928A