To Solicitor?   1 October 1844

Oct. 1st. 1844.

We hereby request you to have transferred into the Sole name of Erasmus A

Darwin the two Monmouth canal shares & two Trent & Mersey Shares which we have agreed to take in part discharge of the legacy of Emma Darwin under the will of the late Josiah Wedgwood—1

Charles R. Darwin

Emma Darwin Jan 9th. 1845

1
The text is in Erasmus Alvey Darwin’s hand. ‘Jan 9t h. 1845’ has been added by CD and is presumably the date on which the request was signed.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-779,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-779