To J. S. Henslow 8 March [1853]
Down Farnborough Kent
March 8th.
My dear Henslow.
I am extremely much obliged to you for writing to Mr. Warren: I this morning heard from him from Brighton: a very obliging note, telling me he believes that every thing is going on quite rightly with the Company: & that a friend of his, “a man high in the Law” is a shareholder, who lives in London, & will see all right. This is extremely satisfactory to me. My apprehension that there was nothing to keep the Company any longer to-gether, & therefore no security for my money must be groundless.— I am really ashamed to think what trouble I have given you in regard to this Company. It has been my first, & certainly it shall be my last speculation.1 You shall have no more trouble on this head; & I hardly know anyone excepting yourself, whom I could have troubled as I have done.—
I have copied the dates when you will be in London; & if I have to go up at all near those dates, I will write to Hooker, & find out your movements, & where I could see you. My wife & I often say that one of the very few things we regret, in having left London, is losing your visits.—
I am astonished at the Snow having been so deep as to keep you from Ipswich: I am glad that the meeting went off so well.—2 I sent £1 . s 1 : 0 to G. Ransome, when he applied to me sometime since;3 & I did not intend to give any more; but if you find that so small an addition as another guinea, will make any difference, you can at any time put my name down for that: I fear you will think me rather shabby, but there are plenty of local calls for money, I find, & I presume everyone finds it so.
My dear Henslow | Most truly yours | Charles Darwin
I have of course written to Mr. Warren & told him I wd. inform you that he had written to me.—
Footnotes
Bibliography
Russell-Gebbett, Jean. 1977. Henslow of Hitcham: botanist, educationalist and clergyman. Lavenham, Suffolk: Terence Dalton.
Summary
CD has been reassured about his "speculation" in Mr Warren’s company. Thanks JSH for his advice and trouble.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-1506
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- John Stevens Henslow
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 93: A21–A24
- Physical description
- ALS 7pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 1506,” accessed on 28 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-1506.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 5