From Frederick Ransome 10 February 1866
Rushmere Lodge
Feby 10/66
My dear Sir
I beg to thank you most sincerely for the kind expressions contained in your’s of the 8th Inst. and for the consideration you have manifested for my convenience—1
I now enclose cheque £5 in payment of Interest for the past year receipt of which kindly acknowledge & oblige2
My dear Sir | Yours very faithfy | Fredk. Ransome
Chas. Darwin Esqre—
Footnotes
CD’s letter of 8 February 1866 has not been found. See, however, letter to Frederick Ransome, [6 February 1866] and n. 2, and letter from Frederick Ransome, 7 February 1866.
The last entry relating to Ransome’s company in CD’s Investment book (Down House MS) is dated 2 March 1866, and records a payment of £5 for one year’s interest on a loan.
Summary
Thanks CD for his kind expressions [of sympathy] and for his consideration. Encloses cheque for £5 interest.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-5153
- From
- Frederick Ransome
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- unstated
- Source of text
- DAR 99: 21
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 5153,” accessed on 24 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-5153.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 14
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