From John Lubbock 2 April 1874
15 Lombard Street EC.
2 April 1874.
(Copy)
Dear Mr. Darwin,
I find that I can sell the piece of land you wish for, & shall be happy to do so if you are still desirous to have it.1
My agent writes me that he estimates the value at £300
Believe me, | Yours very truly | John Lubbock.
C. Darwin Esq.
[Enclosure]
Town Hall, Bromley, Kent.
April 1st 1874
Dear Sir John,
We have been over your property at Down; adjoining Mr. Darwin’s meadows and now in his occupation, and consider it to be worth, Three Hundred Pounds (£300.0.0)
We are | Yours Obediently | Baxter & Payne2
Sir John Lubbock Bart M.P. | 15 Lombard Street | E.C.
Footnotes
Bibliography
Post Office London directory: Post-Office annual directory. … A list of the principal merchants, traders of eminence, &c. in the cities of London and Westminster, the borough of Southwark, and parts adjacent … general and special information relating to the Post Office. Post Office London directory. London: His Majesty’s Postmaster-General [and others]. 1802–1967.
Summary
Is willing to sell the land CD wants for £300.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-9385F
- From
- John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- London, Lombard St, 15
- Source of text
- DAR 198: 127
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 9385F,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-9385F.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 22
