To D. T. Ansted 15 April 1863
Down
April. 15— 1863
My dear Ansted,
I still think that the offer which I made to Mr Ransome of receiving £100 in payment in full for the £250, was fair & liberal.—1 **My Solicitor, who knew all the circumstances, thought that I ought to claim the whole & remonstrated with me.—2 Mr Ransome has not paid me, as he asked for further delay owing to his expectation that a new company would be immediately formed.—3
As I before said I do not wish or intend to press my legal claim, & you can pay me the above sum of 100£, or part, or nothing, according as your circumstances permit.4 On this point I cannot judge & you must decide for yourself.—
Yours sincerely | Ch Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Freeman, Richard Broke. 1978. Charles Darwin: a companion. Folkestone, Kent: William Dawson & Sons. Hamden, Conn.: Archon Books, Shoe String Press.
Summary
Discusses the repayment of a loan made by CD to DTA and F. Ransome.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-4099
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- David Thomas Ansted
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 210.10: 25
- Physical description
- ADraftS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 4099,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-4099.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 11