From Francis Darwin [before 5 December 1870]1
University “Pitt” Club
Dear Father
I ought to have written long ago about my tennis bill &c I had them sent in long ago;2 it is £20, my only other big ones—are Tailor £20, & wine merchant £10— I think it would be much fairer if you only paid half.3
Your affec son | F Darwin
Footnotes
The date is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter to Francis Darwin, 5 December [1870] (Correspondence vol. 18).
Francis had ordered his tennis bill to be sent in October 1870 (see this volume, Supplement, letter from Francis Darwin [after 18 October 1870]).
CD sent £50 (see Correspondence vol. 18, letter to Francis Darwin, 5 December [1870]; see also this volume, Supplement, second letter from Francis Darwin, [before 5 December 1870]).
Summary
Sends list of bills.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-7387G
- From
- Francis Darwin
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Cambridge
- Source of text
- DAR 274.1: 13
- Physical description
- ALS
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 7387G,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-7387G.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 24 (Supplement)
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