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To F. S. B. François de Chaumont   4 May 1874

Down, | Beckenham, Kent.

May 4 1874

Dear Dr de Chaumont

I return the enclosed signed. I observe the qualifications, viz. the subjects to which you have attended, & any papers which you may have published, are not entered in the certificate; & this ought to be done.1

yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin

P.S. Look to the back of the certificate for Instructions.—

LS(A)

1
François de Chaumont’s name was being put forward for election to the Royal Society of London; he had asked CD for support (see the letter to F. S. B. François de Chaumont, 30 April 1874 and n. 1).

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

3.1 for Instructions.—] added in CD’s hand

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-9439,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-9439