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To A. Y. Spearman   27 November 1839

12 Upper Gower St

Novemb. 27th. 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 Mrs. Smith and Elder for the fourth 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, and superintended the expenditure of each part.—

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

Treasury Chambers.

1
Preserved with this letter is an account from Smith, Elder & Co., dated 1 November 1839, detailing the various costs of Birds, No. 4. The total expense was £58 13s. 3d.

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

1.3 number] after del ‘Part’

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-546A,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-546A