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To A. Y. Spearman   22 November 1840

12 Upper Gower Stt.—

November 22d. 1840

Sir

I have the honour to transmit, as on former occasions, for the approval of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesties Treasury, the account of Messrs. Smith & Elder for the Second number of Part Four 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 the | Secretary of the Treasury

1
Preserved with this letter is an account from Smith, Elder & Co., dated 1 June 1840, detailing the various costs of Fish, No. 2. The total expense was £41 10s. 4d.

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

1.3 Zoology] ‘Z’ over ‘z’

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-582A,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-582A