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To Edward Frankland   8 February 1882

Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | (Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.)

Feb. 8th 1882.—

Dear Professor Frankland.

Will you be so kind as to look at the enclosed, & if think that Mr. Meldola deserves the honour of being elected F.R.S, he would, I do not doubt, be much gratified by your signature. If for any reason you object to sign, I will mention the fact to no one, that I have sent the Certificate to you.— In order to save time & writing many notes, will you have the kindness to forward the Certificate (together with this note which will thereby do double duty) to ⁠⟨⁠Mr⁠⟩⁠ Norman Lockyer for his approval or rejection, as I believe he ⁠⟨⁠is⁠⟩⁠ often at Kensington.—1

⁠⟨⁠I⁠⟩⁠ enclose an addressed envelope for ⁠⟨⁠the⁠⟩⁠ Certificate & remain | Dear P⁠⟨⁠ro⁠⟩⁠fessor Frankland | Yours very faithfuly | Charles Darwin

1
Norman Lockyer signed the ‘Certificate of a candidate for election’ that CD was circulating as the proposer of Raphael Meldola for fellowship of the Royal Society of London (see letter to Raphael Meldola, 5 February 1882 and nn. 2 and 3). Frankland evidently signed at a later date (see letter to Raphael Meldola, 23 February 1882).

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

0.1 (Railway Station … S.E.R.)] parentheses added
1.3 the fact] interl
1.5 forward the Certificate] ‘Certificate’ after del ‘sig’
1.6 rejection,] comma altered from point
1.7 as … Kensington.—] added
2.1 for ⁠⟨⁠the⁠⟩⁠ Certificate] interl

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-13670A,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-13670A