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To Charles Nichols, Geological Society1   10 February [1847]

Down Farnborough Kent

Feb. 10th

Dear Sir

Please to give the Bearer the Feb. Nor of the Journal,2 & I enclose 12s for the current year.— In case you shd. be out, I have marked the note to be opened, by Mr Charlton;3 as I am anxious for the Number.— Please to ask Mr Charlton for any parcels for me.

Dear Sir | Yours faithfully | C. Darwin

1
Charles Nichols was the clerk and resident officer of the Geological Society, 1839–60 (Woodward 1907, p. 309).
2
CD was probably eager to see the printed version of the paper on slaty cleavage by Daniel Sharpe (Sharpe 1847), which had been read on 2 December 1846. See letters to Daniel Sharpe, [19 January 1847] and [23 January 1847].
3
Isaac Charlton, house steward of the Geological Society, 1841–91 (Woodward 1907, pp. 243, 309).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-1060,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-1060