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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

LS

1
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.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-12407,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-12407