Darwin, C. R. to Wedgwood, Josiah, III
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Family financial matters.
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Wednesday
Dear Jos.
Emma tells me that you have or will have next week 600 or 700£ to
pay over.— My Father has kindly offered to take 600£ more from me,
would you therefore please to send this money if now ready, with some which you have to
send from Aunt Sarah.; if not now ready, will you send it
whenever it is ready.— If the sum is more than 600£, would you
please to keep the difference till some future time.— My Father requests that
you will be so kind, as to send him a copy of the same sort of receipt, which you had
for the 1400£, & he will return it to you properly signed.—
I forget, whether you require any document from Emma: if you do, w
Yours affectionately | C. Darwin
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Dated from an entry in Robert Waring Darwin's Investment Book, 1831–48 (Down House MS) in the account headed ‘Trust Money—Emma & Charles Darwin’, reading: ‘1844 Borrowed May 28 £600’. CD was at The Mount, his father's home in Shrewsbury, from 23 April to 30 May (‘Journal’; Correspondence vol. 3, Appendix II). - +
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Sarah Elizabeth (Sarah) Wedgwood, CD's aunt. - +
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A document, signed by Emma, requesting that railway shares be purchased from trust money left by her father is dated 16 October 1843 (Keele University Library, Mosley Collection). Josiah Wedgwood III was a trustee of CD and Emma's marriage settlement (see Correspondence vol. 2, letter from Josiah Wedgwood II and Emma Wedgwood to R. W. Darwin, 15 November 1838, n.1).