From John Lubbock 27 February 1874
High Elms.
27th. Feb. 1874.
Private.
My dear Mr. Darwin,
I should have been very glad to meet your wishes by selling you the bit of land you wish for, but I am afraid, nay almost certain, that it is one of those included in my marriage settlements, in which case it would be difficult to deal with it till Johnnie is of age.1 However I enclose my note to Mr. Denby2 (of 8 Frederick’s Plce. Old Jewry) in case you think it worth while to make quite certain. I have also been buying some accomodation land: unfortunately for me I want more than you do.
yours most sincerely High Elms. Feb 27th/74.
Dear Mr. Denby,
Will you please give Mr. Darwin the information he wishes for with reference to the piece of land he rents of me.
I am yours very truly
Footnotes
Summary
The land CD wants to buy probably belongs to his marriage-settlement and would thus be difficult to sell.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-9318
- From
- John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- High Elms
- Source of text
- DAR 261.7: 8b (EH 88205933)
- Physical description
- ADraft 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 9318,” accessed on 11 October 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-9318.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 22
