To A. Y. Spearman   14 October 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 and Elder for the fourth number of the second 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 and superintended the expenditure of each part.—

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

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