From E. A. Darwin 26 April 1853
April 26 1853
Dear Charles.
I have received your statement of Emma’s trust and I send you this acknowledgment of the Securities in my keeping. I received from Mr Hine,1 Mr & Mrs Darwins Marriage Settlement2 & Muckleston Mortgage.3 This I suppose includes the three which you mention namely
your marriage Settlement
Emma’s —— Do
Emma’s General Trust.
Also
Major Owens Mortge for £20,000
& Maryport & Carlisle share £3,686 . 10 . 0
Newcastle & Carlisle do. £4,022 . 6 . 6
The two last not yet received
ever yours | Eras. Darwin
Every thing in my possession is in a Deed Box at Messrs Herries & Co4 C. Darwin Esq
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Post Office London directory: Post-Office annual directory. … A list of the principal merchants, traders of eminence, &c. in the cities of London and Westminster, the borough of Southwark, and parts adjacent … general and special information relating to the Post Office. Post Office London directory. London: His Majesty’s Postmaster-General [and others]. 1802–1967.
Summary
Acknowledges the receipt of some securities.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-1516
- From
- Erasmus Alvey Darwin
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- unstated
- Source of text
- DAR 262.11: 13
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp, encl 4pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 1516,” accessed on 9 June 2023, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-1516.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 5
