From W. E. Darwin [c. 17 February 1870]1
Southampton
Tuesday
My dear Father,
I am ordered as a secretary to the National Education League to make a stir for more subscriptions.2 We are now raising a special fund of £10,000 in order by public meetings in London and meetings & lectures in all Large town and by keeping up a constant fire on all M.P.s and by arranging for a permanent Committee to sit in London during the discussion in committee of the Education Bill, to improve the Govt. amendments to the Bill.3 It is hoped by making a great agitation to introduce some at least of the 4 points of the League—viz schools to be started at once—to be free, compulsory, unsectarian.
If you are inclined to subscribe again I could take & pay your subscription.4
Your affect son | W. E Darwin
Bicycle is come all right
Footnotes
Summary
Ask whether CD would like to subscribe again to National Education League. Describes the League’s goals.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-7039F
- From
- William Erasmus Darwin
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Southampton
- Source of text
- Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 36)
- Physical description
- ALS 4pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 7039F,” accessed on 23 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-7039F.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 24 (Supplement)
