From W. E. Darwin [15? December 1875]1
Basset, | Southampton.
Wednesday
My dear Father,
I was thinking of adding £10 to your £10 & sending it to the Index and take one share in my name.2
It may be useless as far as propping up the Index, but if a fair number do the same it will keep it going longer.
If you think it mere waste of money judging from Abbotts letter I shall not send £10 & will return you your cheque.3
Please send me an Autograph.
Tell Leonard I went to look up Airy yesterday and found he was already gone.4
I had a pleasant day at Embley & met Frank’s friend Norman Moore5
Your affect: Son | W. E. Darwin
CD annotations
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Summary
Asks CD whether it is worth sending money to prop up the Index.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-10297F
- From
- William Erasmus Darwin
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Basset, Southampton
- Source of text
- Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 56)
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 10297F,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-10297F.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 23