The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online

RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1839-1880. [summaries of accounts]. CUL-DAR262.11.1 / EH88206188. Edited by John van Wyhe (The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and John van Wyhe, edited by John van Wyhe 9.2023. RN2

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 loose papers from Account books, book sale profits, savings, etc.

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

	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£

	1881	1882
Miscellaneous	95
Personal	24
House	1159
Sons & Daughters

11.1.

Invested out of Saving

154

133

1493

1356

1693

1726

2127

2270

10952

2250

13002

2173

15175

24,477£

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