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To H. B. Tristram   26 February [1874]

Down, | Beckenham, Kent.

Feb. 26

Dear Sir

I sent you by post on Feb. 16th a certificate for Mr Swinhoe for the Royal Socy, with a request that you could sign it & return it to me.1 As I have not received it, I am much afraid that it is lost. May I earnestly beg you to inform me by return of post whether you have received it.2

Dear Sir | yours faithfully | Ch. Darwin

Postmark: FE 26 74

1
See letter to H. B. Tristram, 16 February 1874. Robert Swinhoe had asked CD to propose him as a fellow of the Royal Society of London (see letter from Robert Swinhoe, 9 February 1874). Swinhoe was not elected until 1876 (Record of the Royal Society of London).
2
CD wrote on the envelope, ‘If from home, please forward immediately’.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-9317A,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-9317A