To A. Y. Spearman 27 March 1841

12 Upper Gower St

March 27^th. 1841

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^r. Smith & Elder for the Fifth 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 To | The Secretary of the Treasury

Preserved with this letter is an account from Smith, Elder & Co., dated March 1841, detailing the various costs of Birds, No. 5. The total expense was £83 18s. 6d.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-595A,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-595A

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The Smith, Elder & Co. account for the now published fifth number of the third part of the Zoology is presented.

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Record number: DCP-LETT-595A
From: Charles Robert Darwin
To: Alexander Young Spearman, 1st baronet
Date: 27 Mar 1841
Sent from: London, Upper Gower St, 12
Source of text: The National Archives (TNA) (T1/4585 paper 10688)
Physical description: 2pp

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To A. Y. Spearman 27 March 1841

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