From W. E. Darwin 4 January 1882
Bank, Southampton,
Jan 4th 1882
My dear Father,
I send you the account of sale of L.S.W. & purchase of G.W. Stock, the latter is per cent higher, so that I am sorry to say you must send me a cheque for £77. 5—1
Your affect son | W. E. Darwin
Footnotes
CD’s Investment book (Down House MS) records the sale of 5000 shares of the London & South Western Railway and the purchase of 5000 shares of the Great Western Railway on 4 January 1882; the sale realised £6925 and the purchase cost £7002 5s., leaving a difference to pay of £77 5s.
Summary
Has sold London & South Western Railway stock and has purchased Great Western stock.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-13599F
- From
- William Erasmus Darwin
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Southampton
- Source of text
- Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 105)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 13599F,” accessed on 8 June 2023, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-13599F.xml
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