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Darwin Correspondence Project

To R. P. Hardy   7 September 1880

[Down.]

Dear Sir

I am much obliged for the great trouble which you have taken for the D. F Club, & which is by no means remunerated by the enclosed Fee.—1

I will communicate the result to the Club, & hope that the members will have the sense to abide by your careful consideration of their affairs.— You are so good as to offer to fill up the Valuation Return for the Registrar, which I herewith enclose; but for the loss of our annual balance-sheet, the Secretary will not be able to fill up the details.2

Be so kind as to acknowledge the receipt of the cheque.

I remain | Dear Sir | Yours faithfully & obliged | C. D.

R. P. Hardy Esq | Sept 7th | 1880.

Footnotes

See letter to R. P. Hardy, [after 11 August 1880]. CD had sought Hardy’s advice on whether the sickness benefits of the Down Friendly Club could be increased. An entry in CD’s Account books–banking account (Down House MS), dated 7 September 1880, records a payment of £3 3s. marked ‘Hardy (for valuation of Down club)’.
The chief registrar of friendly societies was John Malcolm Forbes Ludlow; see letter to J. M. F. Ludlow, 4 August 1880. The enclosure has not been found. The balance sheets for the club from 1868 until 1874 had been lost (see letter to R. P. Hardy, 11 August [1880]). Stephen Whitehead and Thomas Lewis were the last known secretaries (or clerks) of the Down Friendly Club; CD was treasurer.

Summary

Thanks RPH for the trouble he has taken on behalf of the Down Friendly Society.

Letter details

Letter no.
DCP-LETT-12708
From
Charles Robert Darwin
To
Ralph Price Hardy
Sent from
[Down]
Source of text
DAR 202: 64
Physical description
ADraftS 1p

Please cite as

Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12708,” accessed on 28 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12708.xml

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