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To Thomas Salt   15 March [1853]1

Down Farnborough | Kent

March 15th.

My dear Sir

I am much obliged for your note, informing me that you have at length found a purchaser of the £600 Shrewsbury St. Act.2 I presume you will want the enclosed Transfers: anyhow I send them: I understand that I have to pay Transfer fee.— I presume I shall receive the half-years interest due on the 28th. inst.—3

I do not know whether Mr Wigley is aware that my Bankers, are Ms Robarts. Curtis & Co.4

I am much obliged for your assistance & remain | My dear Sir | Very truly yours | C. R. Darwin

T. Salt Esqre

1
The year is supplied from the wrapper containing this letter, which is labelled ‘28 Mch 1853’ (see n. 3, below).
2
Salt’s letter has not been found; see also this volume, Supplement, letter to Thomas Salt, 31 January [1853].
3
There is a draft transfer in the Shropshire Archives (SA D3651/B/47/2/30). In his Investment book (Down House MS), pp. 1–2, CD recorded an interest payment on 28 March 1853, but did not record any transfer fees.
4
Charles Wigley was an accountant working with Salt. See also this volume, Supplement, letter to Charles Wigley, 21 March 1853.

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

1.2 600£] ‘£’ above ‘600’
1.3 I understand … fee.—] added
1.4 inst.] over dash

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-1506F,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-1506F