From W. E. Darwin 13 March 1882
Bank, Southampton,
March 13 1882
My dear Father,
I have today paid over £249.1.3 being your dividend at £4.5s. per cent for the half year on £5985 North Eastern Consols to your account at the Union Bank.1 I will find out about the Lancash. & Yorkshire small dividend & let you know.2
Goodbye dear Father I do hope you feel better today, it was very disappointing to see so little of you on Sunday.3
Your affect: son | W. E. Darwin
Footnotes
CD’s bank was the Union Bank, Charing Cross Branch, London. The sum of £249 1s. 3d. was recorded as paid in, under the heading ‘N. E. Consuls (Trust)’, in CD’s Account books–banking account (Down House MS), on 14 March 1882.
The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. CD’s Investment book (Down House MS) index lists ‘Lancash & York’ shares under trust property of Emma Darwin.
William had arrived at Down on Saturday 11 March 1882 (Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). CD mentioned being very unwell for several days in his letter to W. D. Crick, 10 March [1882].
Summary
Sends a dividend cheque.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-13726F
- From
- William Erasmus Darwin
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Southampton
- Source of text
- Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 109)
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 13726F,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-13726F.xml
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