To G. S. Ffinden 8 October 1881
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | (Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.)
October 8th 1881
My dear Sir
I have the pleasure to send a cheque for £11.5s.0d, for the subscriptions, as below, of the several members of my family1
Yours very faithfully | Ch— Darwin
C. Darwin 5.5.02
F. D. 3
G D. 1
L. D. 1
Miss D. 13
£11 " 5.0
Footnotes
On 8 October 1881, CD recorded a payment of £11 5s. to ‘Ffinden’ in his Account books–banking account (Down House MS). The payment was for the Coal and Clothing Club (see n. 2, below).
The Down Coal and Clothing Club was a local charity that supplied parishioners with cheap coal and clothes in exchange for regular savings; Ffinden, the vicar of Down, ran the club. On 8 October 1881, CD recorded a payment of £5 5s. to the ‘Coal Club’ in his Account books–classed accounts (Down House MS).
Summary
Encloses a cheque for £11.5.0 for subscriptions from CD and members of his family.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-13379A
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- George Sketchley Ffinden
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- John Wilson (dealer) (Catalogue 63, 1988)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 13379A,” accessed on
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 29
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