To John Lubbock 17 December [1859]1
Down Bromley Kent
Dec. 17th
Dear Lubbock
I enclose draft & memorandum, which I hope will make all clear.— I have not paid to you Ld. Cranworth’s subscription for Sunday School, as I understand Mr Stephens collects that.—2 I have paid Lady Lubbocks 300 to him. Please ask Mr Deacon to send me a receipt for Rent with dates.—3 A pretty job of nearly two hours I have had in squaring the Charity accounts, as I do not understand proper manner of keeping them.4
I am delighted to hear that you are on my or rather our side; I feared from a former note that you were changing your opinion.— I shall be very glad to see you any day.
Sir John called here yesterday, about Rifle-Club.5 How admirably he is doing the work. He is worth half a dozen Bromley Committees. I have been quite ashamed at the poor figure Kent has cut in the Newspapers.— Please tell Sir John (so that I will not trouble him with separate note) that my Butler Parslow is enthusiastic & quite proud to join the Down Volunteers, & I am sure that he will do his best.— I wish I were strong enough to join.—
Farewell till we6 | yours very truly, but in a very savage frame of mind against £: s: d.— | C. Darwin
P.S | I shall be in London next Thursday Friday & Saturday; I hope these may not be your days at High Elms.—7
[Enclosure]
Dividend from Trust Fund Mr Phillips 10 1 10
Mr Phillips Subscription. National School 1 1
Ld Cranworths do do 5 5
Mr Darwins Rent to Sir J. Lubbock
☞Mr D. wd be obliged to Mr Deacon to send
receipt, with dates of period for which Rent is due 2 7 1
18 14 11
Deduct Mr Lubbock Subscription to Friendly Club 10
18 4 11
Footnotes
Summary
Local affairs and finances.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-2586
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 263: 31 (EH 88206480)
- Physical description
- ALS 4pp, encl 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 2586,” accessed on 26 September 2022, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-2586.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 7