From John Murray 6 March [1868]1
50A, Albemarle St. | W.
Mar 6.
My Dear Sir
I enclose my note of hand at 4 Mo’s from Mar 2. for £420 " as agreed.2 I trust it will reach you safely—
The son of Mr Clowes our Printer—a gentleman educated at Eton & Oxford is to be ballotted for at the Athenæum next Monday.3 I do not suppose you venture out at night, but if you think fit to speak to friends on Mr W Clowes behalf I venture to think he is not undeserving—
My Dear Sir | Yours very faithfully | John Murray
Chas Darwin Esq
Footnotes
Bibliography
Waugh, Francis Gledstanes. [1888.] Members of the Athenæum Club, 1824 to 1887. N.p.: privately printed.
Summary
JM sends note for £420.
Asks CD to use his good offices on behalf of William Clowes’s son who is up for election to Athenaeum.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-5988
- From
- John Murray
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- London, Albemarle St, 50a
- Source of text
- DAR 171: 358
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 5988,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-5988.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 16
