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To J.-B. Dumas and Joseph Bertrand   12 August [1878]1

[Abinger Hall, Surrey.]

Gentlemen

I acknowledge & thank you for the honour of your letter of Augt 5th in which you inform me that the Academy of Sciences has been pleased to elect me one of the corresponding members.2 I request that you will be so good as express to the Academy my acknowledgement of the honour thus conferred on me & I remain | Gentlemen | Your obliged & obedient Servt | Charles Darwin

Aug 12th

ADraftS

1
The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from J.-B. Dumas and Joseph Bertrand, 5 August 1878.
2
Letter from J.-B. Dumas and Joseph Bertrand, 5 August 1878. A note on the back of the draft in CD’s hand reads in part: ‘Member of most of the scientific societies of Europe: Knight of the Prussian order “Pour le merite”’; the note includes basic biographical information. It is not known whether the information was added to the letter that was sent.

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

1.1 acknowledge] after del ‘know the honour [above del ‘beg leave to’]’
1.1 & … for] interl
1.1 honour] del and stetted below del illeg
1.2 one of the] interl above del ‘a’
1.3 to the Academy 1.4] added
1.3 my] above del ‘on [above del ‘on’] my part [illeg] the honour [sincere]’
1.5 Gentlemen] below del ‘I remain’
1.5 Darwin] after del ‘R’

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-11653,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-11653