To A. Y. Spearman 13 July 1839

12 Upper Gower St^t.

July 13^th. 1839

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 M^rs. Smith & Elder for the third number of the third Part of the “Zoology of the Voyage of the Beagle”, which is now published.¹ I beg leave to state, that as before I have examined the account & superintended the expenditure of each part

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

&c &c &c

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Preserved with this letter is an account from Smith, Elder & Co., dated 1 July 1839, detailing the various costs of Birds, No. 3. The total expense was £47 0s. 4d.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-525A,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-525A

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Transmits, as on former occasions, the Smith, Elder & Co. account for the now published third number of the third part of the Zoology.

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Record number: DCP-LETT-525A
From: Charles Robert Darwin
To: Alexander Young Spearman, 1st baronet
Date: 13 July 1839
Sent from: London, Upper Gower St, 12
Source of text: The National Archives (TNA) (T1/4524 paper 25824)
Physical description: 2pp

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To A. Y. Spearman 13 July 1839

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