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From Erasmus Alvey Darwin   [1864?]1

Dear Charles

I dont suppose you ever use your power of signing Sunday tickets,2 & if so I shall be glad of some as I am persecuted by waiters whenever I go to Athenæum3

yours aff. | E D

1
The date is based on the endorsement ‘64’ in an unknown hand.
2
Erasmus Alvey Darwin may be referring to tickets issued to fellows of the Zoological Society of London for admission of their friends to the Zoological Gardens on Saturdays and Sundays; these tickets were abolished in 1867 (see Scherren 1905, p. 145). CD became a fellow of the Zoological Society in 1839, Erasmus in 1855 (Freeman 1978, List of fellows of the Zoological Society).
3
Erasmus became a member of the Athenaeum Club in 1842, CD in 1838 (personal communication from librarian of the Athenaeum Club).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-4365,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-4365