From John Lubbock    2 April 1874

15 Lombard Street EC.

2 April 1874.

(Copy)

Dear Mr. Darwin,

I find that I can sell the piece of land you wish for, & shall be happy to do so if you are still desirous to have it.1

My agent writes me that he estimates the value at £300

Believe me, | Yours very truly | John Lubbock.

C. Darwin Esq.

[Enclosure]

Town Hall, Bromley, Kent.

April 1st 1874

Dear Sir John,

We have been over your property at Down; adjoining Mr. Darwin’s meadows and now in his occupation, and consider it to be worth, Three Hundred Pounds (£300.0.0)

We are | Yours Obediently | Baxter & Payne2

Sir John Lubbock Bart M.P. | 15 Lombard Street | E.C.

Copy and LS3

1
See letter from John Lubbock, 27 February 1874. CD wanted to buy a piece of land that he had been renting from Lubbock.
2
Baxter & Payne were auctioneers with premises at 157 Fenchurch Street, London (Post Office London directory 1875).
3
Lubbock wrote a copy of his original letter on the back of the letter from Baxter & Payne.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-9385F,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-9385F