To B. A. E. Cookson   30 January 1875

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

Jany. 30th 1875

Dear Mrs Cookson

George tells me that you would like to have my autograph; & I am proud to send my signature for this purpose.1 I wish it was rather more ornamental.

Pray believe me, Yours very sincerely | Charles Darwin

George Howard Darwin had spent time with the Cookson family in 1874; see Correspondence vol. 22, letter from G. H. Darwin, 6 [August] 1874 and n. 8.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-9834,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-9834