From A. R. Leeds   4 March 1879

New York Academy of Sciences, | New York | Late | Lyceum of Natural History in the City of New York,

March 4th 1879

Sir:

I have the pleasure to annouce to you that at the meeting of the academy, held March 3rd, you were elected an Honourary Member of the Society.1

Albert R. Leeds

corresponding secretary.

Charles Darwin, F.R.S. etc.

extract from by-laws, chapter v iii., §2., footnote.— Honorary and Corresponding Members are exempt from initiation fees and annual dues.

For the diploma, see Appendix III.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-11915B,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-11915B