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To Gideon Algernon Mantell   23 May 1839

Geological Society of London | Somerset House.

23rd May 1839

Sir,

I am requested by the Geological Society to express their thanks for your present of Plants in Anthracite from Philadelphia, and Fossils from Cornwall1 and to assure you that the Society are much honored by this mark of consideration.

I have the honour to be, | Sir, | Your most obedient and very humble Servant, | Charles Darwin | Secretary To Dr. Mantell

F.G.S. etc.

1
Mantell presented a ‘Slab with impressions of plants from Philadelphia, and fossils from Cornwall’ to the Society on 22 May 1839 (Transactions of the Geological Society 2d ser. 5 (1840), list of donations).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-511A,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-511A