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To Henry Edwards   21 February 1881

Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington

Feb. 21, 1881

Dear Sir

I have the pleasure to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of Feb. 7th in which you inform me that the Entomological Club of New York has conferred on me the honour of electing me an honorary member; & I request that you will be so good as to return to the association my sincere thanks.1

I remain Dear Sir | Your sincere & obedient servant | Charles Darwin

H. Edwards Esq. | New York Ent. | 185 East 116th st. | New York | U. States.

1
The letter of 7 February from Henry Edwards, secretary of the New York Entomological Club, has not been found. The club existed between 1880 and 1882 (Weiss 1948).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-13059A,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-13059A