Letter of 1837 June 30

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Copy. by Wm. Clift/

Royal College of Surgeons/

June 29. 1837./

My Lords and Gentlemen/

	I should have immediately acknowledged,/
 with becoming respect, the most gratifying and honourable/
 mark of your esteem in the appointment which you/
 have been pleased to confer upon me, of the Fullerian/
 Professorship of Physiology at the Royal Institution,/
 had not a paramount engagement in relation to an/
 important work,--the Catalogue of the Hunterian/
 Collection, compelled me to defer my communication/
 until I was made aware of the decision of the Council/
 of the College of Surgeons; which, I regret to say, obliges/
 me to forego until the Completion of that Work, the/
 acceptance of any other Office than that I now hold/
 at the College of Surgeons./
 I remain/
 My Lords and Gentlemen/
 with the greatest respect/
 Your very humble Servant/
 Richard Owen./

			
"The managers, of the/
 Royal Institution/
 of Great Britain"
			
Sent June 30th. 1837./

To W. Pole Esq. No 3./

Stone Buildings/

Lincoln's Inn./