To J. F. Lennard from the parishioners of Down, Kent1 3 April 1863
[Document signed, being a testimony by the parishioners of Down, Kent, witnessing to the moral character and integrity of George Snow,2 District Surveyor,3 addressed to the Chairman of the Highway Board4 and signed by nearly fifty local residents including ‘Charles Darwin Down House’.]
Footnotes
Bibliography
Highways (District Surveyors) Bill: Highways (District Surveyors) Bill. [British parliamentary papers, Session 1854, 3: 51–8.]
Post Office directory of the six home counties: Post Office directory of the six home counties, viz., Essex, Herts, Kent, Middlesex, Surrey and Sussex. London: W. Kelly & Co. 1845–78.
Return of highway districts: Return showing the several highway districts in each county in England constituted under the Highway Acts 1862 and 1864 (25 & 26 Vict. c. 61 and 27 & 28 Vict. c. 101), and the names of the parishes comprised in each district. [British parliamentary papers, Session 1873, 20: 193–252.]
Webb, Sidney and Webb, Beatrice. 1913. English local government: the story of the king’s highway. Vol. 5 of English local government. By Sidney and Beatrice Webb. 9 vols. London: Longmans, Green & Co. 1906–29.
Summary
Testimony by the parishioners of Down, Kent, to the moral character and integrity of George Snow, District Surveyor. Signed by nearly fifty local residents, including CD.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-4074F
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- John Farnaby Cator, 1st baronet/John Farnaby Lennard, 1st baronet
- Source of text
- Sotheby’s (dealers) (24 July 1995)
- Physical description
- DS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 4074F,” accessed on 27 September 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-4074F.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 11