Down Friendly Society
Registered in 1850. CD acted as the society’s treasurer from its foundation until his death. The annual general meeting was held at Down House.
Sources
Correspondence vol. 5, letter to G. H. Turnbull, 28 October [1854]
Freeman 1978
Rules of the Down Friendly Society, National Archives, FS1/232
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Freeman, Richard Broke. 1978. Charles Darwin: a companion. Folkestone, Kent: William Dawson & Sons. Hamden, Conn.: Archon Books, Shoe String Press.
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