From W. M. Hacon 19 March 1878
18, Fenchurch Street, | London, | E. C .
19th. March 1878
My dear Sir
I have received your note of yesterday containing instructions for a second codicil to your will,—also your will & the first codicil.—1 The scheme of your will is that out of your estate £12000 is to be raised for each of your children—sons and daughters and I think it may be convenient that this scheme should be adhered to, by the intended codicil providing that £14000, instead of £12000, shall be raised for each child;—the ultimate residue being given equally amongst the sons.— If this should not be in accordance with your wishes perhaps you will be so good as to let me hear from you.
I am | My dear Sir | Yours very truly | Wm. M Hacon
Charles R. Darwin Esqre. | Down | Beckenham | Kent
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Summary
Further codicil to CD’s will to settle £14000 instead of £12000 on each child.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11433
- From
- William Mackmurdo Hacon
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- London, Fenchurch St, 18
- Source of text
- DAR 166: 16
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11433,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11433.xml
