From W. M. Hacon to Leonard Darwin 11 October 1881
18. Fenchurch Street, | London. | E.C.
11th October 1881
My dear Sir
I have your letter telegram of yesterday.1
I think that the searches for incumbrances may be made,— and that the purchase may be completed, in three days,— say by the end of the present week.2
I assume that the seller is respectable and that his statements are deemed reliable. And it is, in my opinion, practically prudent not to insert any covenant for the production of title deeds, nor to make any alteration in the deed.
The declaration to tax dower of any widow of your Father is formal but correct.
The deed will, I hope, be sent to you ready for execution on Friday. And I will send with it instructions as to its formal execution & attestation. I think that you will be able to do all that is requisite: but I shall be glad to send a clerk to obtain Mr S Sales execution & to attest it,—at any time or place,—if you should prefer that course.
I have no title deeds here relating to your Fathers property.
I am | My dear Sir | Yours truly | Wm. M Hacon
L. Darwin Esqre. | Brompton Barracks | Chatham
Footnotes
Summary
More on proposed sale of property to CD by Sydney Sales.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-13393
- From
- William Mackmurdo Hacon
- To
- Leonard Darwin
- Sent from
- London, Fenchurch St, 18
- Source of text
- DAR 166: 32
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 13393,” accessed on 10 June 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-13393.xml