To Thomas Salt 19 November [1849]
Down Farnborough | Kent
Nov. 19th
My dear Sir
I am very much obliged for your note of the 13th. & I write now merely, in answer to your query, to say that I will of course leave the month of February to you for looking out for an investment for me, & I much hope that you may succeed.1
I remain, dear Sir | yours sincerely | C. Darwin
T. Salt. Esqre—
Footnotes
Salt’s letter has not been found, but see this volume, Supplement, letter to Thomas Salt, 12 November [1849]. CD had asked Salt to look out for a new investment for some money that he expected to be repaid to him in March 1850.
Summary
He is willing to wait until the end of February 1850 for Mr Salt to find him an opportunity to invest up to £30,000.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-1271F
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Thomas Salt
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Rachel Salt (private collection); sold by Spink’s (dealers), July 2018
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 1271F,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-1271F.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 24 (Supplement)
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