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To ?   9 December 1872

Dec. 9 1872

Dear Sir

I request that you will be so good as to return my sincere thanks to the [Jersey] Natural Hist. Socy for the honour which they have conferred on me by my Election as one of their Honorary Members.1

With much respect I have the honour to remain | Dear Sir | Your obliged & obedient servant | Charles Darwin

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The society has not been identified. The Société Jersiaise was founded in January 1873 on the island of Jersey; however, CD was not listed among their honorary members (Société Jersiaise, Premier bulletin annuel 1875).

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Please cite as “DCP-LETT-8665F,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-8665F