From E. A. Darwin 1 September [1865]1
Hengwrt | Dolgelly
Sept 1
Dear Charles
I send you a Lanc & York but I am not absolutely certain whether it belongs to you—2 Please to give me an answer of ‘all right’.3
Yours affec. | E D
Footnotes
The year is established by the address (see letter from E. A. Darwin, 24 August [1865], n. 1).
CD’s Investment book (Down House MS) index lists ‘Lancash & York’ shares under trust property of Emma Darwin. In 1856, 720 shares of East Lancashire stock were acquired, and an interest payment of £22 3s. was recorded on 4 September 1865 (see ibid., pp. 78–9). The East Lancashire and the Lancashire & Yorkshire were rival railway companies that merged on 13 August 1859 (see Bairstow 1993, p. 3).
No further correspondence on Lancashire & Yorkshire shares has been found.
Bibliography
Bairstow, Martin. 1993. The East Lancashire Railway. A history of the railways around Bury and guide to the preserved line. Halifax: Martin Bairstow.
Summary
Sends a "Lanc & York" [railway share?].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-4889
- From
- Erasmus Alvey Darwin
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Hengwrt
- Source of text
- DAR 105: B35
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 4889,” accessed on
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 13
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