From W. E. Darwin to F. E. Abbot 20 December 1875
Bassett | Southampton
Dec 20. 1875
My dear Sir,
My Father Mr Charles Darwin and myself have read the Index almost from the commencement with great interest and have sympathized deeply with you, in your noble & determined struggle with the difficulties in your way.1
We wish you to be so good as to make use of the enclosed sum in any way you may think best for the advancement of your undertaking.2
Please to consider this as a private letter as I have no authority otherwise from my Father.3
Should you think it best to make it a subscription to the Index stock, please put it in my name alone.
Your paper is a weekly pleasure and stimulus to myself and to some of my friends who take it in.
with much respect | Believe me | yours faithfully | W. E. Darwin
F E Abbot Esq
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Summary
Sends some money on behalf of himself and his father to help with FEA’s problems with the Index.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-10311
- From
- William Erasmus Darwin
- To
- Francis Ellingwood Abbot
- Sent from
- Bassett
- Source of text
- Harvard University Archives (Papers of F. E. Abbot, 1841–1904. Named Correspondence, 1857–1903. Letter, C. R. Darwin to F. E. Abbot (20 December 1875), in folder Darwin, Charles and W. E. Darwin (son), 1871–1883, box 44. HUG 1101)
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 10311,” accessed on 24 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-10311.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 23