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To Gustave Dewalque   23 November 1877

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

Nov 23. 1877.

Dear Sir,

I beg leave to thank you for your kind & courteous letter. I request that you will be so good as to assure the Council & Members of the Geological Society of Belgium, how sensible I am of the great honour which they have conferred on me by making me an honorary member of so justly a distinguished body.1

I have the honour to remain, with much respect, your obliged servant | Charles Darwin

LS

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Dewalque’s letter has not been found; he was secretary of the Société Géologique de Belgique in 1877 (Dr Annick Anceau, Société Géologique de Belgique, personal communication).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-11249F,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-11249F