84.ROBERT PEEL TO HUMBOLDT.
Whitehall,Sept. 4th, 1843.
Whitehall,Sept. 4th, 1843.
Whitehall,Sept. 4th, 1843.
Whitehall,Sept. 4th, 1843.
Dear Baron de Humboldt:
Dear Baron de Humboldt:
Dear Baron de Humboldt:
Dear Baron de Humboldt:
I was much flattered by your kind attention in transmitting for my acceptance your most interesting work on Central Asia. It will be much prized by me, as well on account of its intrinsic value as a token of your personal regard and esteem.
There is no privilege of official power the exercise of which gives me greater satisfaction than that of occasionally bestowing a mark of Royal favor and public gratitude on men distinguished by scientific attainments and by services rendered to the cause of knowledge.
From the very limited means which Parliament has placed at the disposal of this Court, it has been my good fortune to be enabled to recognise the merit of Mr. Robert Brown. I have just conveyed to him the intimation that Her Majesty has been pleased to confer upon him for his life a pension on the Civil List of two hundred pounds per annum, in recognition of his eminentacquirements as a botanist, and of the value of his contributions to the store of botanical knowledge.
Believe me, dear Baron de Humboldt, with sincere esteem,
Very faithfully yours,Robert Peel.
Very faithfully yours,Robert Peel.
Very faithfully yours,Robert Peel.
Very faithfully yours,
Robert Peel.