From B. J. Sulivan 13 October 1879
Summary
The "Beagles" are, after all, to provide for Jemmy Button’s grandson [see 11501].
| Author: | Bartholomew James Sulivan |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 13 Oct 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 310 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12255 |
From W. M. Hacon 13 October 1879
Summary
How to bargain on Horace Darwin’s marriage-settlement: Francis received £5000; Horace could receive more as an inducement for the Farrers to increase Ida’s dowry.
| Author: | William Mackmurdo Hacon |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 13 Oct 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 22 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12256 |
To T. H. Farrer 13 October 1879
Summary
Rejoices at THF’s consenting to the marriage of his daughter Ida and Horace Darwin, although the match is a poor one for Ida "in a worldly point of view". [See 12253.]
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
| Date: | 13 Oct 1879 |
| Classmark: | English Heritage, Down House (EH 88207898) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12256A |
| letter | (3) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
| Hacon, W. M. | (1) |
| Sulivan, B. J. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Farrer, T. H. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
| Farrer, T. H. | (1) |
| Hacon, W. M. | (1) |
| Sulivan, B. J. | (1) |
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