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To Société Impériale Zoologique d’Acclimatation   [after 10 January 1862]1

Sir

I shd be much obliged if you would inform me what I owe to the Society Imperiale de Acclimatation for the annual Subscription, including the present year.2

Sir | Your obet sert | Ch. Darwin Monsieur

Je vous serais bien obligé de m’informer combien je dois à la Societé Impériale d’Acclimatation pour la cotisation annuelle, en y comprenant celle de l’année actuelle

Agréez Monsieur | mes hommages respectueux3

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2
There is an entry in CD’s Account book–cash accounts (Down House MS), dated 23 October 1862, that records a payment of £2 to ‘Acclimatisation Socy.’
3
The translation is in Emma Darwin’s hand.

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

1.1 what] after del ‘how much’
1.2 Imperiale de Acclimatation] interl
1.2 the annual] added

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-3380,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-3380