From Francis Darwin [after 18 October 1870]1
University “Pitt” Club
My dear Father
I am very much obliged for the cheque2 It wasn’t stopping up in the Long that made me spend so much more as Burn has sent in another bill for the Long for £20.3 I believe the only bill I owe is a tennis bill. I dont know how much it is but I have ordered the man to send it in tomorrow morning. I do owe some more bills but not more than I can pay off. I think I ought to pay them without any help, if I find I cant I will tell you. I will begin keeping accounts again. I could keep them going if I knew you were going to see them so wd you mind seeing them when I come home Your letter was most awfully kind, much kinder than I deserve4
Your affec son | F Darwin
Footnotes
Summary
Thanks CD for the cheque. Gives account of money owed for tutoring and tennis.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-7346F
- From
- Francis Darwin
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Cambridge
- Source of text
- DAR 274.1: 20
- Physical description
- ALS
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 7346F,” accessed on 23 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-7346F.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 24 (Supplement)