To George Henry Turnbull 28 October [1854]
Down
Oct. 28th.—
Dear Sir
As Treasurer to two Charitable Clubs in this village, I hope that you will forgive me calling your attention to their existence, & asking you to subscribe, should you happen to approve of their nature & management.—1
One is a Coal & Clothing Club, (of which I enclose a card) like those in many other Parishes: its object is to encourage saving Habits in the Poor by adding the Honorary Subscription to whatever they themselves pay in Weekly.
The other Club is a Sick or Friendly Club, which has been legally enrolled; & the small Honorary subscription pay the Clerk & aid in paying the Doctor: I enclose a Book of Rules.—
I send, also, the Books of the Honorary Subscriptions to both these Clubs; & I particularly beg you to be so kind as to take care of these two Books, as I have no duplicate, & return them to me as soon as quite convenient to yourself.
I trust that you will excuse my troubling you, & I beg to remain | My dear Sir | Yours faithfully | Ch. Darwin G. H. Turnbull Esqe
Footnotes
Bibliography
Post Office directory of the six home counties: Post Office directory of the six home counties, viz., Essex, Herts, Kent, Middlesex, Surrey and Sussex. London: W. Kelly & Co. 1845–78.
Summary
CD writes as the Treasurer of the Down Coal and Clothing Club and the Down Friendly Club, requesting subscriptions.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-1595
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- George Henry Turnbull
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 261.11: 2 (EH 88206054)
- Physical description
- ALS 4pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 1595,” accessed on 29 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-1595.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 5