To Thomas Salt 24 December 1851
Down Farnborough Kent
Decr. 24th. | 1851.
My dear Sir
Will you be so good, as to give notice to the Executor of the late Captn. Muckleston1, that I wish to receive the 1000£ lent to him on mortgage, to be paid after the proper interval has expired, or sooner should it happen to be convenient to the Executor. The 1000£ was lent under the names of my Trustees Mr. J. Wedgwood & my Brother.2 Mr. Wedgwood will append his signature to this note to show his concurrence in my request.
I beg to remain | My dear Sir | Yours sincerely | C. R. Darwin
Josiah Wedgwood
Mss. Salt & Son.
Footnotes
Summary
Asking Thomas Salt to inform the Executors of Captain Muckleston that he wishes to foreclose the mortgage.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-1465F
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Thomas Salt
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Rachel Salt (private collection); sold by Spink’s (dealers), July 2018
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 1465F,” accessed on 23 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-1465F.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 24 (Supplement)
