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
Footnotes
Summary
At the inaugural meeting of the Epping Forest & Essex Naturalists’ Field Club, CD was elected an Honorary Member.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-12480
- From
- William Cole
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Buckhurst Hill
- Source of text
- DAR 202: 19
- Physical description
- ALS 1p †
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12480,” accessed on 16 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12480.xml
