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To Felix Marchand   [c. 1 August 1879]1

[6 Queen Anne Street, London / Waterhead Hotel, Coniston.]

Dear Sir

I thank you for your very courteous, letter, & I hope that you will express to the members of your Society how much obliged I feel for the gr H. which they have conferred on me by electing me a member of the Society which has for so long a period assisted in the progress of Natural Science.—2

I shall not return to my home for about a month, but as soon as I do, it will give me pleasure to forward a photograph of myself3

I have the honour to remain | Yours faithfully & obliged | C D.

ADraftS

1
The date is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from Felix Marchand, 20 July 1879, and by CD’s statement that he was away from home (see n. 3, below).
2
See letter from Felix Marchand, 20 July 1879. CD had been made a member of the Naturforschende Gesellschaft zu Halle (Natural Science Society of Halle).
3
The Darwins stayed at Coniston in the Lake District from 2 to 27 August 1879; they were in London on 1 August (Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)).

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

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Please cite as “DCP-LETT-12166,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-12166