Darwin writes that a certificate for admission [of Robert Swinhoe] to Royal Society with many signatures has been lost by the Post Office. Asks for an Show moreDarwin writes that a certificate for admission [of Robert Swinhoe] to Royal Society with many signatures has been lost by the Post Office. Asks for another so he can get the signatures anew. Transcription: "March 2nd Down, Beckenham, Kent. My dear Sir A form of certificate for admission to Royal Sor. to which I had got a lot of signatures has been lost by the Post-office, + I must get to work again to get all the signatures anew! Will you though be so good as to send me by return of Post a new certificate, + kindly inform me the latest date at which they can be suspended this year. yours sincerely Ch. Darwin" Letter sent from Down, Beckenham, Kent, England. The Robert M. Stecher Collection of Charles Darwin Books and Manuscripts Show less