From E. W. Fithian 30 May 1878
Commons Preservation Society, | 1, Great College Street, Westminster, S.W.
30th. May 1878
Dear Sir,
Knockholt & Chevening Footpath Fund.1
As Treasurer of the above Fund I have been requested to make a call of one-third of the amount guaranteed towards defraying the expenses incurred in resisting the closing of this footpath. This sum will be sufficient to meet the liabilities incurred.
As you kindly guaranteed £7.0.0.* I shall be glad if you will favour me with one-third of that sum. When the accounts have been closed a Balance Sheet will be sent to each subscriber.
I am, | Yours truly, | Edward W. Fithian
| * Chas. Darwin Esqr. | £3.0.0 |
| Miss Darwin2 | 2.0.0 |
| Miss Wedgwood3 | 2.0.0 |
| £7.0.0 |
Chas. Darwin Esq F.R.S.
CD annotations
Verso of last page:
| 3) | 10 | (3. | 3.4 | ||
| 9 | 3 | ||||
| 12 | 10 0 | ||||
| 13.4 | |||||
| 3 | |||||
| 40 01 | pencil crossed pencil; |
| £ | ||
| 1- | C. Darwin | |
| 13. 4 | Bessy | |
| 13. 4 | Elizabeth | |
| £ 2"6"8 | ||
| Total4 | pencil |
Footnotes
Bibliography
‘Recollections’: Recollections of the development of my mind and character. By Charles Darwin. In Evolutionary writings, edited by James A. Secord. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2008.
Summary
Requests, as Treasurer of the Knockholt & Chevening Footpath Fund, part of the amount guaranteed by CD and family to defray expenses incurred in resisting closure of the footpath.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11535
- From
- Edward William Fithian
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- London, Gt College St, 1
- Source of text
- DAR 202: 101
- Physical description
- LS 2pp †
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11535,” accessed on 23 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11535.xml
