To [Camilla] Ludwig1 22 December 18622
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In all money affairs it is better to have a memorandum in writing. I thought it so hard a case that your Father should be told that the £200 would be given him & then the offer partially retracted, that I, under these circumstances alone, offered to give the £200, which I have now done:3 but I understand that if Miss Davies kept to her original intention, then, as I know perfectly well, you would repay me the £200;4 under any other circumstances, I must freely & cordially give you the £200. This note is ill expressed but is written in a hurry.
My dear Miss Ludwig | yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Summary
Explains the terms of his £200 gift or loan to Miss Ludwig’s father.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-3873F
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Camilla Frederike Antonie (Camilla) Ludwig/Camilla Frederike Antonie (Camilla) Pattrick
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- R. M. Smythe (dealer) (no date)
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 3873F,” accessed on 20 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-3873F.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 13 (Supplement)