To the Darwin children 8 January 1882
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | (Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.)
Jan 8th. 1882
Circular of Distribution of 3034£, according to the scale in my present will.—1 N.B. next year the amount will be less, as there are a good many Railway calls,2 & I intend for the future to give away 500£ or 600£ annually for science.—
£
William. 492)
Bessy 287) 779
George 492
Francis 492
Leonard 492
Horace 492
R. B. Litchfield 287.—3
So William please send this circular to Henrietta & she to Horace. The others have seen it here.— I do not know whether the money will be distributed at once or in a week’s time after money on Deposit has been placed to my current account.
Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Summary
Advises his children as to how some money will be distributed among them.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-13603
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Elizabeth (Bessy, Lizzy) Darwin; Francis Darwin; George Howard Darwin; Horace Darwin; Leonard Darwin; William Erasmus Darwin; Henrietta Emma Darwin/Henrietta Emma Litchfield
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 185: 60
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 13603,” accessed on 1 September 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-13603.xml