To John Tyndall   9 March [1874]1

Down, | Beckenham, Kent.

March 9th.

My dear Tyndall

If you can attend the ballotting at the Athenæum at the first meeting, on the 16th of this month, will you be so kind as to give your vote (& exert any influence on others which you properly can) in favour of my nephew, Henry Parker. He is a fellow of Oriel, & I can assure you that he is a quite fit member for election from his abilities & in every other respect.2

My dear Tyndall | Yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin

LS(A)

1
The year is established by the reference to Henry Parker’s election to the Athenaeum Club, which took place in March 1874 (see Waugh [1888]).

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

0.2 March 9th] below del ‘Feb 1’; not in CD’s hand
1.1 on … of] above del ‘early in’; not in CD’s hand
1.2 (&] parenthesis over comma

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-9343,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-9343