WCP6871

Author’s draft (WCP6871.7966)

[1]¹

Spottiwoode	Pres[ident] R[oyal]. Soc[iety].
Huxley	Sec[retary]: [Royal Society] &c
Allman	Pres[ident]. Linn[ean]. Soc[iety].
Flower	Pres[ident]. Zoolog[ical] Soc[iety]
Sclater	Sec[retary] [Zoological Society] &c

Aberdare Pres[ident]. R[oyal]. Geograph[ical]. Soc[iety].??

Bates Geograph ^{Geograp[ical]} Soc[iety] ??

Lubbock

Hooker

Self

Are these ^{the above} names enough? Can you suggest any other names?

Günther. curator Brit[ish]. Mus[eum]?

Perhaps Günther w[oul]^d ask Owen.

&c Newton Prof. Zoology Cambridge

&c [one illeg. word] &c Oxford

[2]

Spottiwoode ✓

Allmann ✓

Flower ✓

Abedare For Bates 21^st

Ramsay

Pages 1-2 are numbered 99-100 in pencil in the upper right-hand corner of each page, probably by the repository.

Status: Draft transcription [Author’s draft (WCP6871.7966)]

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Transcribed by Beros, Matt [2020-04-28]

Please cite as “WCP6871,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP6871

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Record number: WCP6871
Item number: 7966
From: Charles Robert Darwin
To: [Thomas Henry?] [Huxley?]
Date: [1880]
Sent from: [none given]
Sent to: [none given]
Source of text: Cambridge University Library: DAR 91: 100
Physical description: Author’s draft, 2 pp. of contemporary text
Hand: Handwritten
Language: English
General notes: Draft list of potential signatories for ARW's Civil Pension. Possibly a fragment of a draft letter or enclosure for Huxley since Darwin writes: "Are these the above names enough? Can you suggest any other names?" Unless this note was intended for self reference?