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Darwin Correspondence Project

To ?   22 May 1872

Down, | Beckenham, Kent.

May 22—1872

Gentlemen

In answer to your Circular I shall be happy to subscribe £10 for the intended Road, whenever sufficient money is subscribed for the work; though as I always go through Farnborough, I doubt whether the new road will be of much service to me.1

I hope, however, that you may succeed, & remain, Dear Sir | Yours faithfully | Ch. R. Darwin

Footnotes

The planned road has not been identified.

Summary

Agrees to contribute £10 towards a new road in the area of Beckenham, although he doubts whether the road will be of much use to him.

Letter details

Letter no.
DCP-LETT-8347
From
Charles Robert Darwin
To
Unidentified
Sent from
Down
Source of text
DAR 221.5: 10
Physical description
ALS

Please cite as

Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 8347,” accessed on 28 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-8347.xml

Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 20

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