To Edward Cresy 19 October [1865]1
Down, Bromley, Kent
Oct: 19th.
Dear Cresy
My father allowed my brother and self at Cambridge £300 per annum.2 I should have allowed my son the same, but having five of them I told them that was too much, so I have given them £260; but my eldest son got a scholarship worth about £20,3 and I expect I shall have to allow George something extra; as it is, I pay for his private tutor, and when he stays beyond term time all additional expenses.4
George enjoyed his visit with you, and I thank you cordially for your valuable advice.5
My health steadily improves but only slowly.6
Dear Cresy, | Yours sincerely | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
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Cambridge University calendar: The Cambridge University calendar. Cambridge: W. Page [and others]. 1796–1950.
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
DNB: Dictionary of national biography. Edited by Leslie Stephen and Sidney Lee. 63 vols. and 2 supplements (6 vols.). London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1912. Dictionary of national biography 1912–90. Edited by H. W. C. Davis et al. 9 vols. London: Oxford University Press. 1927–96.
Summary
Discusses income provided for sons at Cambridge.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-4639
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Edward Cresy, Jr
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 143: 325
- Physical description
- C 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 4639,” accessed on 23 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-4639.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 13
