From W. B. Carpenter 12 May 1856

My dear Prof. Henslow

As I have ventured, in my application for the Registrarship, to appeal to my published writings “as affording evidence of scholarly attainments and logical training at least equal in validity to that of an Academical degree” I beg to call your attention to the testimony upon the point with which I have been favoured by three Gentlemen whose competency as judges cannot be questioned, and who speak from intimate acquaintance with my principal works.

To this I have thought it well to add the unsolicited expression of opinion as to my services to Medical Science and Literature, which has recently appeared in a Journal of high repute in the Profession, and altogether beyond any influence of mine.

Believe me to be, dear Prof. H.

yours faithfully | William B. Carpenter