From Maurice Alberts   13 February 1862

Prussian Legation

February 13. 1862.

Sir

In reply to your letter of the 11th inst I beg to inform you that I have forwarded this day the Diploma in question to 6 Queen Ann St.1 and request you to let me have a receipt for the same which I may transmit to the University of Breslau.2

I am, | Sir, | your obdt. servt. | M. Alberts.

CD’s letter has not been found. He had been awarded an honorary degree by the University of Breslau (see letter from Maurice Alberts, 10 February 1862). CD’s brother, Erasmus Alvey Darwin, lived at 6 Queen Anne Street, London.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-3445,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-3445