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To Lovell Augustus Reeve   [before 14 March 1849]1

I have heard an account with what uncommon zeal you have pursued natural history and on this ground I shall be happy to append my signature to your paper, and to wish you all success.2 I hope for the honour of that Society your being in the publishing trade cannot be the smallest objection to you.

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1
The date is established by Reeve’s reference in his diary to his receiving CD’s letter on 14 March 1849 (Melvill 1900, p. 352).
2
Reeve was applying for membership in the Royal Society of London; he did not succeed (ODNB). Reeve’s publishing company, Reeve Brothers, had supplied a coloured plate for South America (see Correspondence vol. 3, letter to Reeve Brothers, [August 1846]).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-1223F,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-1223F