From Erasmus Alvey Darwin 1 April [1870?]1
1 Ap.
Dear Charles
In selling you only pay Brokerage, & I have looked at two sales in my accts when the Broke was [per cent] Bk on £2533.6.8. on the selling price.
Your financial operations excite my envy beyond words. The L & N W2 are issuing 4[per cent] Deb Stock & you get it free of all charges, but pay the interest that has accrued & so receive the half years interest entire.
Yours ED
Summary
"Your financial operations excite my envy beyond words." Reports on stock just received.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-7159
- From
- Erasmus Alvey Darwin
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- unstated
- Source of text
- DAR 105: B74
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 7159,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-7159.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 18
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