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From Maurice Alberts1   10 February 1862

Prussian Legation | London

Feb. 10. 1862

Sir

The University of Breslau has transmitted to this Legation a letter and a Doctor Diploma for you,2 and I request you to let one know whether you expect to come to London soon so that you might call for the same or whether I shall forward it to you by rail.—3

I am | Sir | Your obd servt | M. Alberts. | Secretary

1
The name of Alberts, the secretary of the Prussian embassy in London, is wrongly transcribed in Correspondence vol. 9 and in the Calendar (Supplement) as ‘H. Albertof’.
2
At the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the foundation of the University of Breslau (2–4 August 1861), CD was awarded an honorary doctorate in medicine and surgery by the Faculty of Medicine (see Correspondence vol. 9, letter from the University of Breslau, 4 August 1861). The diploma is in DAR 229 (see Correspondence vol. 10, Appendix IX).
3
CD’s reply has not been found, but see the letter from Maurice Alberts, 13 February 1862.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-3442A,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-3442A