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Darwin Correspondence Project

To Solicitor?   1 October 1844

Oct. 1st. 1844.

We hereby request you to have transferred into the Sole name of Erasmus A

Darwin the two Monmouth canal shares & two Trent & Mersey Shares which we have agreed to take in part discharge of the legacy of Emma Darwin under the will of the late Josiah Wedgwood—1

Charles R. Darwin

Emma Darwin Jan 9th. 1845

Footnotes

The text is in Erasmus Alvey Darwin’s hand. ‘Jan 9t h. 1845’ has been added by CD and is presumably the date on which the request was signed.

Summary

CD and Emma request transfer of some shares to E. A. Darwin.

Letter details

Letter no.
DCP-LETT-779
From
Charles Robert Darwin
To
Unidentified
Sent from
Down
Source of text
V&A / Wedgwood Collection (MS W/M 977)
Physical description
ALS 1p

Please cite as

Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 779,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-779.xml

Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 3

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