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From E. A. Darwin   15 December [1864]1

15 Dec.

Dear Charles

I send you a power of Atty. to execute & then return to Messrs Rocke Eyton & Co Old Bank.2

We are distributing as far as we can the Evans property & the parties will give an agreement to sign a release, but we must still remain Trustees as one is a minor.3

Yours affec. | E D

Send one word by one of your Secys that you have received this4

1
The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from E. A. Darwin, 1 December 1864.
2
Rocke, Eyton and Company were a banking firm with offices in Market Square, Shrewsbury (Post Office directory of Gloucestershire, with Bath, Bristol, Herefordshire, and Shropshire 1863).
3
The reference is to Edward Evans. See letter from E. A. Darwin, 1 December 1864 and n. 2.
4
Emma and Henrietta Emma Darwin sometimes wrote letters dictated by CD.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-4717,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-4717