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To John Tyndall   13 February 1882

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

Feb. 13th 1882

My dear Tyndall

If you attend the voting days at the Athenæum Club, will you be so very kind as to give your vote & influence in favour of my friend Mr. Albert Dicey.— He married one of the Bonham Carters.1 He is a Barrister & has published a valuable law book.—2

Forgive me for troubling you & believe me | My dear Tyndall | Yours ever sincerely | Ch. Darwin

1
Albert Venn Dicey had married Elinor Mary Bonham-Carter in 1872. Ordinary members of the club were elected by ballot; Dicey was elected in 1882 (Waugh [1888]).
2
The book was Law of domicil (Dicey 1879).

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

0.1 (Railway … S.E.R.)] parentheses added
1.1 the voting] after del caret

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-13680,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-13680