To William Cole 6 January 1880
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.
Jan 6. 1880
Dear Sir,
I belong to so many Societies that I am not willing to join any others.
But I beg permission to enclose a donation of £1–1 in aid of your preliminary expenses,1 & remain | dear Sir | Yours faithfully | Ch. Darwin
W. Cole Esq
Footnotes
Cole was secretary of the Epping Forest and County of Essex Naturalists’ Field Club, which was founded in 1880; the president was Raphael Meldola (Transactions of the Epping Forest and County of Essex Naturalists’ Field Club 1 (1880): 1). A payment to Cole of £1 1s. was recorded in CD’s Account books–banking account (Down House MS). CD’s donation was mentioned in the Transactions of the Epping Forest and County of Essex Naturalists’ Field Club (Journal of Proceedings) 1 (1880): lxxi.
Summary
Regrets he is unwilling to join [Epping Forest Field Club], but encloses a guinea to aid with their preliminary expenses.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-12407
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- William Cole
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Archivess (Essex Naturalists Field Club MLDA/9)
- Physical description
- LS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12407,” accessed on 16 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12407.xml
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