From W. M. Hacon 20 December 1878
18, Fenchurch Street, | London. | E.C.
20th Decr. 1878
My dear Sir
I have received your letter of yesterday with the unexecuted duplicate of the 2nd. codicil to your will & the two letters from Mr Anthony Rich of the 7th. & 10th. Instant.1 And I hope to write to you, within the next few days, as to the carrying out of your testamentary wishes, as communicated by your letter. My present opinion is that it will be better to increase the gifts to your daughters unconditionally.2 It would be unsatisfactory to make the operation of the intended increased gift to your daughters depend upon your estate deriving some benefit from Mr Rich’s will or codicil
I am | My dear Sir | Yours very truly | Wm. M Hacon
Charles R. Darwin Esqre | Down | Beckenham | Kent
Footnotes
Summary
Revision of CD’s will to reflect Anthony Rich’s gift and to increase daughters’ inheritance.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11800
- From
- William Mackmurdo Hacon
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- London, Fenchurch St, 18
- Source of text
- DAR 166: 18
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11800,” accessed on 27 July 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11800.xml