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[from Josiah Wedgwood to E.A. Darwin]

(Oct/26/52)

Dear Erasmus

Charles wants to sell out the L. & N. W railway stock standing in your & my joint names. I have accordingly devised Coutts to send the certificates to Stokes & Hughes for that purpose – forgetting that your consent would be necessary – Coutts have sent the certificates but wish a line of approval to the effect of the [ ] note which I presume you will have no objection to send to them.

The trust of Emma's property under my father's will is as I suppose you know of so that a description that it may at

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any timeto put an end to. I have therefore proposed to Charles that when he reinvests this money it shall be in his own name instead of ours – if you do not wish to have it otherwise arranged.

Yours ever

J Wedgwood

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To Mss Couths cw                        Octr 1852

I understand you have at the request of my co-trustee transmitted to Mss. Stokes & Hughes the certificates of the London & North Western railway shares or stock standing in the joint names of myself & Mr Josiah Wedgwood: I hereby beg to notify that the said transaction has my consent & that I approve thereof.

EAD