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From William Cole   14 February 1880

Laurel Cottage, | Buckhurst Hill. | Essex.

Feby 14th. 1880.

Dear Sir,

I have the honour to inform you that at the Inaugural Meeting of “The Epping Forest & County of Essex Naturalists’ Field Club” held on January 10th. 1880, you were unanimously elected an Honorary Member of the Club, in humble recognition of the great services rendered by you to Natural Science, and in appreciation of kindly aid afforded to the Club during its formation.1 I trust you will see fit to ratify your election; your consent would be very gratifying to the members of the Club.

I now beg to enclose for your information a copy of the Rules, and list of Officers for 1880.2

I am | Yours faithfully | Wm Cole. | (Sec’y)

Charles Darwin Esq M.A. F.RS &c

1
CD had made a donation of a guinea (£1 1s.) to the club when he turned down an invitation to become an ordinary member (see letter to William Cole, 6 January 1880).
2
CD’s copy of the rules and list of officers has not been found; they were published in the Transactions of the Epping Forest and County of Essex Naturalists’ Field Club 1 (1880–1): 1–7 and iii.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-12480,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-12480