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From E. A. Darwin   1 September [1865]1

Hengwrt | Dolgelly

Sept 1

Dear Charles

I send you a Lanc & York but I am not absolutely certain whether it belongs to you—2 Please to give me an answer of ‘all right’.3

Yours affec. | E D

1
The year is established by the address (see letter from E. A. Darwin, 24 August [1865], n. 1).
2
CD’s Investment book (Down House MS) index lists ‘Lancash & York’ shares under trust property of Emma Darwin. In 1856, 720 shares of East Lancashire stock were acquired, and an interest payment of £22 3s. was recorded on 4 September 1865 (see ibid., pp. 78–9). The East Lancashire and the Lancashire & Yorkshire were rival railway companies that merged on 13 August 1859 (see Bairstow 1993, p. 3).
3
No further correspondence on Lancashire & Yorkshire shares has been found.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-4889,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-4889