To Horace Darwin [28 June 1879]1
[West Hackhurst, Abinger Hammer, Surrey.]
My dear Horace—
I send the enclosed for you & Ida to read— Please return it, that I may send it to Henrietta & she to William, & then my trouble will be over.2
Good bye dear Jemmy: it is the greatest pleasure which I can have in life that I shall leave you all comfortably provided for. | Yours affect | C. Darwin
[Enclosure]3
In July 1871 William carefully estimated the value of our property, & ascertained that on my & my wife’s death, each son wd receive £30,500. Since then I have saved so much that the sum will be about £33,000. By Erasmus’ will each child will receive some thousands & by Mr Rich’s bequest several thousand more. Therefore each of my sons will have at least £40,0004
At present I allow each son £400 annually, & half a year ago I determined to divide annually the overplus of my income, which if this overplus were only £1900 wd give £300 to each son, & this will make £700 a year to each son.5 But probably it will be more, for during the last ten years I have invested on an average £2728 annually; & this wd give to each son an income of £429 making whole income £829.
But of course my income may fall off a little
June 25—1879—
Footnotes
Summary
Sends an enclosure [a statement of CD’s finances and estimate of the inheritance his children may expect] for HD and Ida to read; CD very pleased to be able to leave his children comfortably provided for.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-12384
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Horace Darwin
- Sent from
- unstated
- Source of text
- DAR 185: 5, 20
- Physical description
- ALS 1p, mem 3pp & ADraftS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12384,” accessed on 21 August 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12384.xml