To Charles Lovegrove 14 December [1859–71]¹

Down.—

Dec 14^th

My dear Sir

I beg leave to acknowledge the receipt of two Guineas for the Down Coal & Clothing Club; & at the same time I venture as Treasurer to thank you sincerely for this very kind & handsome Subscription.

My dear Sir | Yours sincerely | C. Darwin

The year range is established by the Down Coal and Clothing Club account book (Down House MS). Lovegrove contributed two guineas a year between 1859 and 1871; in 1872 he increased his contribution to three guineas. The Down Coal and Clothing Club was a local savings club to which villagers made weekly contributions; the local gentry made annual ‘honorary’ contributions to supplement the funds (Correspondence vol. 5, letter to G. H. Turnbull, 28 October [1854]).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-13822,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-13822

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Acknowledges contribution to Down Coal and Clothing Club.

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Record number: DCP-LETT-13822
From: Charles Robert Darwin
To: Charles Lovegrove
Date: 14 Dec 1859
Date: 14 Dec 1860
Date: 14 Dec 1861
Date: 14 Dec 1862
Date: 14 Dec 1863
Date: 14 Dec 1864
Date: 14 Dec 1865
Date: 14 Dec 1866
Date: 14 Dec 1867
Date: 14 Dec 1868
Date: 14 Dec 1869
Date: 14 Dec 1870
Date: 14 Dec 1871
Sent from: Down
Source of text: American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.)
Physical description: 1p

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