From W. E. Darwin [28 January 1880]1
Basset
Wednesday
My dear Father,
I have just received advice of the £600, & am placing £240 to Bessy & £360 to my account.2 It is a splendid addition to one’s income, and I had no idea it would be so large; it makes me thankful to think you can trust us all with so large a sum:
Sara3 sends her best love and thanks, she thinks you really must be pinching yourself to be able to make us so grand a surplus division.
I returned Butler’s letter; there was something of the viper in the tone of the letter, I fancy he wants a grievance to hang an article upon.4
Goodbye Dear Father | Ever your affect son | W. E. Darwin
PS. | I wo’nt invest Bessy’s balance till she is so rich that I can say on my conscience though a Banker that she has an indecently large balance.5
Footnotes
Summary
Thanks CD for giving money to the children. Is going to give money to Bessy, but not invest it until she is really rich. Returns Butler’s letter. Thinks Butler is looking for a grievance to write an article about.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-12440G
- From
- William Erasmus Darwin
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Basset, Southampton
- Source of text
- Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 80)
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12440G,” accessed on 7 May 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12440G.xml
