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To A. Y. Spearman   27 May 1839

12 Upper Gower St

May 27th.—

Sir

I have the honour to transmit as on former occasions, for the approval of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury, the account of Mrss. Smith & Elder for the second and third numbers of the First Part of the “Zoology of the Voyage of the Beagle”, both of which are now published.1

I beg leave to state, that as before I have examined the accounts, and superintended the expenditure of each part.—

I have the honour to remain | Sir | Your obedient servant | Charles Darwin To | A. Y. Spearman Esqr

Treasury Chambers.

Endorsement: ‘Recd 27 May 1839’’

1
Preserved with this letter are two accounts from Smith, Elder & Co., dated 1 March 1839 and 1 May 1839, detailing the various costs of Fossil Mammalia, Nos. 2 and 3. The total expenses were £57 16s. 11d. and £51 16s. 2d. respectively.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-512A,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-512A