09. Envelope with autograph of Charles Darwin

Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University - Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins Album

About

Subject

Evolution (Biology)

Description

An envelope addressed to Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins and signed by Charles Darwin. The envelope has two different postage stamps in the near-center of its face, one being a lilac six pence stamp and the other being a blue two pence stamp, also known as a "Two Penny Blue".

Creator

Charles Darwin (1809-1882)

Type

Image

Original Format

Correspondence

Digital Format

image/jpeg

Language

English

Source

ANSP-Coll-0803, Box 1, Folder 1

Identifier

ansp-coll-0803no9_001

Notes

Cataloging and digitizing made possible by The Getty Grant Program.

Relation

Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins Album

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Contact

archives@ansp.org

Contributing Institution

Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University

Sponsorship

This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education.