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To John Washington, Secretary, Royal Geographical Society   16 May 1840

12 Upper Gower St

May 16th 1840

Sir

I beg leave to inform you, that I shall have much pleasure in accepting the honour of being proposed as a member of the Council of the Geographical Society.1

I have the honour to remain | Sir | Your obedient servant | Charles Darwin To | Capt. Washington R.N.

Secretary to the Geograp. Soc

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CD had become a member of the Society in 1838. Elected to the Council on 25 May 1840, he served for only one year.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-568,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-568