From W. E. Darwin 22 November [1867]1
Southampton
Nov 22
My Dear Father,
Thank you very much for your letter & the other £100 which I do not deserve & did not expect.2 I think I may pretty positively say that when next I have two or three hundred to invest, and for the future I shall choose some sound 4 or 5 perCent. thing without any speculation in it; though now one would rather avoid railways investing is a great puzzle. Mama says you are to be in London on Sunday Dec 1st.. I hope to come up for the Sunday & Monday.3
I am very glad to hear Woolner is coming at last, tho’ I dare say the thoughts of the nuisance make you curse a trifle.4
Your affect son | W. E. Darwin
Footnotes
Summary
Thanks CD for £200 and discusses meeting in London at the beginning of December.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-5692F
- From
- William Erasmus Darwin
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Southampton
- Source of text
- Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 26)
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 5692F,” accessed on 16 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-5692F.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 24 (Supplement)
