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To J. F. Royle   [2 February 1842]

12 Upper Gower St

Wednesday

Dear Royle

My brother Erasmus Darwin’s ballot for the Athenæum comes on Monday next the 7th.— If you will attend & give him your vote, I shall feel much obliged1

Ever yours | C. Darwin

Can you, also, assist him by your interest with any friend, who may attend

1
E. A. Darwin ‘came in triumphantly without one black ball’ (Emma Darwin to Jessie Sismondi, 8 February [1842], Emma Darwin (1915) 2: 67).

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

0.2 Wednesday] ‘W’ over ‘T’
3.1 attend] ‘a’ over illeg

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-617,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-617