From Erasmus Alvey Darwin 17 February [1866]1
Feb 17.
Dear Charles
A thought has just come into my head which might save Susan2 from a little worry, tho’ I dont the least know that there is any necessity for it.
Susan will have to pay to Catherine’s Estate half the value of the Shrewsbury furniture,3 & if she has not got the money which is probable enough, my idea was that she should give a note of hand & the interest might run on till her death so that she would have no farther trouble.4 I of course would advance the money with pleasure, only perhaps it would be simpler if you accepted Susan’s note as part of the proceeds of Catherine’s Estate. Let me know what you think of the plan before I make any suggestion to Susan.
yours affec. | E D
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Darwin pedigree: Pedigree of the family of Darwin. Compiled by H. Farnham Burke. N.p.: privately printed. 1888. [Reprinted in facsimile in Darwin pedigrees, by Richard Broke Freeman. London: printed for the author. 1984.]
Summary
Suggests two ways of financing what Susan will owe Catherine’s estate.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-5009
- From
- Erasmus Alvey Darwin
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- unstated
- Source of text
- DAR 105: B53–4
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 5009,” accessed on 24 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-5009.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 14