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From Thomas Stewardson    16 April 1860

Hall of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.

April 16th 1860

To Charles Darwin F.R.S

Sir,

I have the honour to inform you, that at a meeting held March 27th 1860 you were elected a Correspondent of this Society. 1

To this announcement of the confidence of the Academy, I beg leave to add that it is with sentiments of the highest respect, I subscribe myself,

Your obedient servant, | Thos. Stewardson M.D. | Corresponding Secretary, | Of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.

Extracts from the Constitution and By-Laws of the Academy.

Chapter 3, Article 7. No pecuniary contributions shall be required from Correspondents, but Correspondents residing in the United States shall be charged a diploma fee of five dollars.

[Enclosure]

The Academy of

Natural Sciences

of Philadelphia

has elected

Charles Darwin

London.

a Correspondent of the Association this twenty seventh day of March 1860.

Isaac Lea President

Robert Bridges

Wm S Vaux2 Vice Presidents

Thos. Stewardson Corresponding Secretary

Howard Rand3 M.D. Recording

LS

1
CD acknowledged receipt of the diploma in his letter to Stewardson of 8 May 1860 (Correspondence vol. 8). For CD’s assessment of the significance of the honour, see his letter to Charles Lyell of 8 [May 1860] (ibid.).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-2761A,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-2761A