From Emma Darwin to G. S. Ffinden [22? November 1873]1
Down, | Beckenham, Kent.
Saturday
Dear Mr Ffinden
Sir John & Lady Lubbock2 as well as Mr Darwin & myself are anxious to establish the Reading Room for the winter months as we did formerly, & I shall be much obliged to you to inform me whether I ought to apply to the School Board for permission to use the School room for that purpose.3
My application would also have much greater weight if you were inclined to join in the request.
We should of course have to pay a woman to put the schoolroom in complete order every morning before the school assembles.
With kind regards to Mrs Ffinden4 | very truly yours | Emma Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Moore, James Richard. 1985. Darwin of Down: the evolutionist as squarson-naturalist. In The Darwinian heritage, edited by David Kohn. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press in association with Nova Pacifica (Wellington, NZ).
Summary
Darwins and Lubbocks wish to continue using the school room as a Reading Room for workers in the winter months and asks Ffinden to support them.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-9121F
- From
- Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin
- To
- George Sketchley Ffinden
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Bromley Historic Collections, Bromley Central Library (P/123/25/3/1/1)
- Physical description
- ALS
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 9121F,” accessed on 20 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-9121F.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 21
