To Edward Atkinson   27 October 1877

Sir

I am much obliged for your kind letter, in which you inform me that the Senate has passed a Grace conferring on me the great honour of an L.L.D. Degree.¹ In some respects Dec. 6^th would be much more convenient to me than an earlier date, and as you are so obliging as to give me the choice, I will fix on this day.

I beg leave to remain | Sir | your obliged & obedient servant | Charles Darwin

To the Vice Chancellor