From Francis Darwin to G. N. de Stoppelaar    25 April 1877

dear sir,

in my father’s absence from home, i beg leave to acknowledge the safe arrival of the diploma which you have been so good as to send to him.¹

i trust that you wil have received the letter in which my father had the pleasure of expressing his thanks for the honour which you have conferred on him.²

i beg leave to remain, | dear sir, | yours faithfully | Francis Darwin