To E. W. Fithian [31 May 1878]¹

M^r. D. begs leave to enclose a cheque for 2^£.6^s.8^d for the Knockholt Foot-path, consisting, as requested, of 1£ from himself & 13 4^d from Miss Darwin & the same from Miss Wedgwood²

ADraft

The date is established by the date of the cheque that CD sent to Fithian (see also letter from E. W. Fithian, 30 May 1878 and n. 4).

See letter from E. W. Fithian, 30 May 1878 and nn. 1 and 4. Elizabeth Darwin and Elizabeth Wedgwood had each pledged £2; 13s. 4d. was a third of that amount.

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

1.00 consisting, as requested,] above del illeg

1.00 himself] above del ‘me’ & ‘personally’

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-11536,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-11536