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Summary
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Transcription
Down Kent
December 16
I beg leave to acknowledge & thank you & Mrs. Lovef2 for your very kind subscription of Emmaf3 and I. 2/2/[0] to the Down [Coal & Clothing] Club.f4
Footnotes
- f1
- The identity of the recipient is conjectured from CD’s Down Coal and Clothing Club account book (Down House MS). The only year in which a contribution is listed from both `C. Lovegrove’ and `Mrs Lovegrove’ is 1866. The original letter is complete and is one page long.
- f2
- Henrietta Lovegrove.
- f3
- Possibly a reference to Emma Darwin, although the transcription in the sale catalogue appears to be flawed.
- f4
- CD recorded a payment of £2 2s. from `C. Lovegrove’ and `Mrs Lovegrove’ in his Down Coal and Clothing Club account book (Down House MS).