To Thomas Salt 19 November [1849]
Down Farnborough | Kent
Nov. 19th
My dear Sir
I am very much obliged for your note of the 13th. & I write now merely, in answer to your query, to say that I will of course leave the month of February to you for looking out for an investment for me, & I much hope that you may succeed.1
I remain, dear Sir | yours sincerely | C. Darwin
T. Salt. Esqre—
Footnotes
Summary
He is willing to wait until the end of February 1850 for Mr Salt to find him an opportunity to invest up to £30,000.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-1271F
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Thomas Salt
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Rachel Salt (private collection); sold by Spink’s (dealers), July 2018
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 1271F,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-1271F.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 24 (Supplement)