From:
Bartholomew James Sulivan
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
13 Oct 1879
Source of text:
DAR 177: 310
Summary:
The "Beagles" are, after all, to provide for Jemmy Button’s grandson [see 11501].
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
The "Beagles" are, after all, to provide for Jemmy Button’s grandson [see 11501].
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.
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.]