The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online

RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1839-1880. Table of accounts. CUL-DAR262.11.1. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 9.2023. RN1

NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volume CUL-DAR262.11 contains Darwin's financial papers.

These papers were sent to Osbert John Radcliffe Howarth in August 1940. Howarth was the curator of Down House from 1929-1954. Howarth, O. J. R. and E. K. Howarth. [1933.] A history of Darwin's parish: Downe, Kent. With a foreword by Sir Arthur Keith. Southampton: Russell & Co. Text A540

[1]

	[1839]-40	1840-41	1841-42	1842-43	1843-44	1844-45	1845-46	1846-47
Miscellaneous	[?]6	34	69	141	35	61	33	47
Personal	[?]8	33	37	19	22	27	22	37
House	[?]2	390	465	380	435	365	447	525
Girls/governess
Boys & girls
Coals	[?]2	19	24	48	34	51	52	91
Beer	[?]9	11	14	23	21	25	22	32
Wine	[?]4				23	16		19
Man serv.	[?]5	47	40	77	80	77	81	82
Furniture	[?]1	87	65	999	609	93	402	307
Doctors	[?]9	84	22	32	30	29	25	26
Stationary	[?]9	7	11	11	7	11	14	21
Books	[?]2	25	6	12	12	14	17	22
Science	[?]8	5	15		13	6	30	136
Gardens				89	193	255	149	59
Cow &c				69	38	29	20	57
Stables	Cabs & [?]4	Flys 19	22	159	47	29	60	47
Travell-	[?]0	48	76	62	52	44	117	63
Taxes	[?]8	130	142	102	58	57	65	61
Charities	19	59	65	53}	28	50	56	36
Gifts sub.
Error


Total spent	[?]48	995	1062	2277	1748	1241	1615	1669
Invested not of saving & not including sale of my Books
Income

	1847-48	1848-49	1849-50	1850-51	1851-52	1852-53	1853-54	1854-55
Miscellaneous	22	38	23	29	25	42	40	22
Personal	19	28	25	52	20	30	24	34
House	580	655	575	615	600	625	735	737
Girls/governess	30	46	50	53	60	60	60	60
Boys & girls			83	151	131	135	162	190
Coals	32	58	53	74	49	78	82	68
Beer	34	34	33	34	38	35	34	40
Wine	12	1	11	5	7	7	35
Man serv.	88	90	102	109	102	124	128	111
Furniture	110	149	150	113	253	207	209	187
Doctors	21	40	63	39	30	16	31	32
Stationary	18	22	16	15	21	15	35	37
Books	22	12	23	11	9	21	16	21
Science	14	17	15	15	4	19	66	28
Gardens	46	48	73	51	56	81	70	67
Cow &c	40	47	39	34	43	43	54	66
Stables	43	43	58	88	34	62	79	37*
Travell-	68	33	70	69	51	42	51	54
Taxes	62	59	55	65	49	48	54	57
Charities	61	62	66	{62	82	55	49	92
Gifts sub.				{31	20	19	28	47
Error	Malvern à 210		Malvern à 183		Eastbourne - 72		London 89
	Douches à 43

Total spent	1321	1741	1584	1897	1690	1833	2041	2066
Invested not of saving & not including sale of my Books	154	133	1493	1356	1693	1726	2127	2270
Income							4603	4267

X X [1853-54 to 1857-58]

N.B For years 1854 to 1858 Stable ought to be £27 more on account of Oats

	1855-56	1856-57	1857-58	1858-59	1859-60	1860-61	1861-62	1862-63
Miscellaneous	47	32	35	54	45	57	58	32
Personal	30	26	26	29	24	38	22	7
House	750	749	833	834	855	971	880	1009
Girls/governess	78	76	80	97	59	77	73	188
Boys & girls			William	488	300	356	378	124
Boys & girls	229	312	388	155	216	320	363	404
Coals	93	62	105	25	70	74	71	75
Beer	37	40	48	55	50	59	47	62
Wine	23	7		20	44	7	10	52
Man serv.	126	124	121	155	145	153	159	165
Furniture	100	76	281	464	185	156	336	164
Doctors	9	33	104	134	80	188	130	56
Stationary	29	29	20	27	35	37	32	33
Books	19	12	14	14	19	8	11	18
Science	59	54	27	16	2	14	51	105
Gardens	65	68	72	57	61	69	77	98
Cow &c	67	66	54	43	99	145	85	60
Stables	29x	101x	70x	229	276	211	242	109
Travell-	91	59	180	66	39	30	58	42
Taxes	59	58	48	50	61	69	66	69
Charities	83	134	89	170	54	87	93	145
Gifts sub.	17	37	30	42	99	44	36	58
Error	67 green house	150 Hastings & Moor Park Etty & self	499 new dining room		Ilkley 136	East bourne 110 Torquay 202	Seven Oak Southampton 109	Bn.mth 173
			(3123)
Total spent	Less Whitefort 2076	2308	2624	3191	2953	3472	3381	3251
Invested not of saving & not including sale of my Books	2250	2173	1174	1378	2734	2037	1981	1249
Income	4048	4187	4963	5187	5079	5797	4743	5847

[1857-58] Shanklin 136 extra

[1858-59] Furniture, carriage, Doctors & Charity & William in excess.

[1860-61] Doctors: Eastbourne, Torquay William

	1863- 64	1864-[65]
Miscellaneous	33	34
Personal	20	153
House	824	933
Girls/governess	172	178
William	123	122
[George]		G. 430
Boys & girls	446	37
Coals	78	8
Beer	60	52
Wine	57	11
Man serv.	161	165
Furniture	182	113
Doctors	171	113
Stationary	24	32
Books	8	12
Science	140	24
Gardens	124	120
Cow &c	28	172
Stables	118	142
Travell-	120	116
Taxes	59	67
Charities	103	65
Gifts sub.	258	71
Error	Malvern 131


Total spent	3451	3533
Invested not of saving & not including sale of my Books	2196	1952
Income	5553	5828

[2]

	1865-66	1866-67	1867-68	1869	1870	1871	1872	1873
Miscellaneous	44	37	71	34	40	35	36	45
Personal	9	33	32	11	31	43	18	34
House	887	971	1666	1177	1073	1109	1051	1169
Girls/governess	57	133	25	60	12	347	158	8
Boys & girls	434 460	1090	1194	1232	1488	1647	1308	1453
Coals	82	75	105	80	84	102	101	142
Beer	52	53	62	69	69	71	79	71
Wine	63	22	36	83	78	90	96	81
Man serv.	162	197	243	224	237	230	261	253
Furniture	258	214	280	251	445	257	151	400
Doctors	116	29	106	67	47	42	38	49
Stationary	42	33	36	42	34	37	33	30
Books	29	28	31	23	22	15	21	34
Science	14	5	9	43	39	39	32	41
Gardens	143	160	144	155	125	134	128	146
Cow &c	95	94	85	120	80	119	86	51
Stables	169	329	199	152	209	166	154	142
Travell-	310	197	278	152	470	Hardene 204	202	137
Taxes	56	61	70	67	76	67	82	111
Charities	207	95	98	95	144	176	89	92
Gifts sub.	67	60	29	170	92	103	278	494
			Malvern 129	B.mouth 195
Error				31:9:3	1:13:6	+3.141	18£	9+

Total spent	3758	3906	4201	4504	4896	5029	4417	4974
Invested not of saving & not including sale of my Books	1418	1897	2157	2274	2031	2558	2402	4819
Income	5483	5737	6779	6839	7186	7897	8107	8475

[1867] Freshwater cost £129

	1874	1875	1876	1877	1878	1879	1880
Miscellaneous	37	£109	£43	59	61	83	50
Personal	43	33	13	36	20	30	29
House	1083	1080	1171	1103	1174	1057	1137
Girls/governess	1504
Boys & girls	1450	1600	1626	1244	1520	1540	1465
Coals	739	121	110	124	132	136	113
Beer	81	85	60	64	73	68	71
Wine	62	59	71	24	68	37	89
Man serv.	257	243	241	215	271	252	255
Furniture	276	185	430	1009	464	681	320
Doctors	53	33	56	21	19	16	22
Stationary	30	38	39	54	42	27	45
Books	17	14	35	22	23	14	27
Science	164	65	13	127	346	109	146
Gardens	153	142	178	193	181	201	292
Cow &c	80	70	112	93	86	141	159
Stables	151	205	247	351	242	117	142
Travell-	196	103	133	103	66	283	57
Taxes	108	62	57	85	62	95	69
Charities	86	78	143	155	127	174	169
Gifts sub.	40	248	407	677	70	409	299

Error	-35	-29	+4	+0.107	-8.34		-19

Total spent	4476	4545	5190	5761	5036	5423	4972
Invested not of saving & not including sale of my Books	790	4658	3053	1543	3157	802	499
Income	8708	8530	8269	7916	7993	7650	7937

[1874] Francis marriage 1117, Horace for Eastern [illeg] 525 (Extras) beyond annual expenses

[1875] Books 8748

[1876] Half of Catherine's Trust probably ~~now~~ paid the best 1/2 year to children

[1877] William's marriage ─ Litchfield illness & new room increased expenses this year

[1878] average saving for next 10 years 2728£

[1879] Coniston, Sewage Tank & Horace's marriage extra expenses

[1880] Invested 499 ─ Divided amongst children 2280£

[3]

	1881	1882
Miscellaneous	95
Personal	24
House	1159
Sons & Daughters

Invested out of Saving

[calculations not transcribed]

Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)