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To G. S. Ffinden   8 October 1881

Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | (Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.)

October 8th 1881

My dear Sir

I have the pleasure to send a cheque for £11.5s.0d, for the subscriptions, as below, of the several members of my family1

Yours very faithfully | Ch— Darwin

C. Darwin 5.5.02

F. D. 3

G D. 1

L. D. 1

Miss D. 13

£11 " 5.0

1
On 8 October 1881, CD recorded a payment of £11 5s. to ‘Ffinden’ in his Account books–banking account (Down House MS). The payment was for the Coal and Clothing Club (see n. 2, below).
2
The Down Coal and Clothing Club was a local charity that supplied parishioners with cheap coal and clothes in exchange for regular savings; Ffinden, the vicar of Down, ran the club. On 8 October 1881, CD recorded a payment of £5 5s. to the ‘Coal Club’ in his Account books–classed accounts (Down House MS).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-13379A,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-13379A