From John Fox & Sons   12 October 1869

Farnborough Brewery, | By Chislehurst, | Kent, S.E.

12 Oct 1869

C. Darwin Esq. | Down

Sir.

We beg to acknowledge, with our best thanks, the receipt of your Cheque in payment of the enclosed account1 and in all your commands, | We remain, | Your much obliged obedt. Servants, | John Fox & Sons. | [3 words illeg]

P.S. | It is requested that all Money Orders may be made payable at the Chief Office, London; and Cheques crossed “London & Westminster Bank.”

The enclosure has not been found but a payment to Fox of £37 2s. 6d. on 9 October 1869 is recorded in CD’s Account books–banking account (Down House MS).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-6934,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-6934