To J. M. F. Ludlow 20 July [1877]1
July 20
Sir
I hope that the enclosed documents are properly filled up.—
Permit me to beg you earnestly to let me have an answer as soon as you can. many of the members wish to dissolve the club & to divide all the funds; & I have had great difficulty in persuading them not to do so; & if there is much delay in them receiving the bonus which the Actuary has allotted to each member, a fresh agitation for the dissolution of the Club.— will arise.2
Sir | I beg leave to remain | your ob serv | C. R. D. | One of the Trustees of the Club
Under these circumstances, I trust that you will do what you can to aid those reasonable Members of the Club
Footnotes
Summary
Writes as a trustee of the Down Friendly Society. Hopes the Society will soon be permitted to distribute its surplus funds, as there is agitation to dissolve the club and divide its assets.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11064
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- John Malcolm Forbes Ludlow
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 202: 52
- Physical description
- ADraft 1p, ADraftS 1p, ADraftS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11064,” accessed on
