To Josiah Wedgwood III 21 October [1852]
Down Kent.
Oct. 21.
My dear Jos.
I am sorry to trouble you about odious money matters; but Langton1 has frightened me about N. W. Railway shares2 & I am going to sell all out.3 Emma holds £920 stock & 9 shares £25 all paid up. If you do not object I shd prefer your asking my friends Mss Stokes & Hughes 28 Threadneedle St to sell (to whom I have written) & place the money to your account at Coutts, till I can make up my mind to reinvest.
If you prefer your Banker’s Broker it makes the difference of double commission: I will bear any risk in Mss Stokes breaking in interval of putting the money to your account; but of course you must do, just as you like.—
Will you kindly give the order as soon as you conveniently can. I can assure you I take this step with groans & sighs.
Your’s affectly | C. Darwin
Footnotes
Summary
Informs JW of his intention to sell his N. W. Railway shares.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-1488
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Josiah Wedgwood, III
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 210.10: 17
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 1488,” accessed on 28 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-1488.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 5