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To Archibald Geikie   9 December 1875

Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.

Dec. 9th. 1875

Dear Sir

I have signed Mr. Croll’s certificate with real pleasure1

Dear Sir | Yours faithfully | Ch. Darwin

1
CD refers to James Croll’s certificate of nomination to the Royal Society of London. CD recommended Croll from general rather than personal knowledge (The Royal Society archive GB 117, EC/1876/08). Croll was elected a fellow of the society in June 1876 (Record of the Royal Society of London). See also Correspondence vol. 30, letter from Archibald Geikie, 7 December 1875.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-10291,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-10291