From G. H. Darwin [c. 17 July 1871]1
14 Arling. St | Piccadilly
My dear Father,
I have enquired about the Will from one of the pupils at Tatham’s & who was a Solicitor for about 10 years.2
He says that it is usual for the Testator & witnesses to sign at the foot; & on every other page—the testator signing at the bottom & the witnesses at the left hand margin. At the same time the will is quite good as it is & he seemed to think it hardly worth while doing anything. If it is to be resigned the last or witnessing clause must be copied out again underneath the other & then the signing done with same witnesses all thro’, but he seemed to think it wd be rather odd having two signatures one under the other tho’ no harm; He said lots of wills pass Probate with only one signature only if he had to execute one afresh, he’d do it on every page.
yrs, | G. H Darwin
Footnotes
Summary
Gives CD some information on wills.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-6765
- From
- George Howard Darwin
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- London, Arlington St, 14
- Source of text
- DAR 210.2: 11
- Physical description
- ALS 4pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 6765,” accessed on 21 October 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-6765.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 24 (Supplement)