1793

Thomas Beddoes to Richard Beddoes, 24 July 1793

Dear Sir

I find Mr Edgeworth has been with you. I want to know what jointure it is proper to allow his daughter, considering her fortune viz. £2000. The father is perfectly reasonable & equitable, for he leaves this matter entirely to me. I sh^d be glad to do what is right, but as I am unacquainted with this kind of business, I must consult others about it. I believe it is usual to settle upon women an annuity for life, amounting to about double the interest of the fortune they bring. I sh^d be glad to know what you & my mother & sister think upon this point: & the sooner you inform me, the better, as I do not perceive what can be gained by delay –

If my sister sh^d soon see Mr Younge or Mrs Reynolds, I wish she w^d tell them that I I have sent Mr Y. an hundred copies of my letter to D^r Darwin, of which he is to give you a dozen, which you may give away to any body you think proper, to send a dozen to Mrs Crump at Albrighton & to divide the rest between himself & Mrs Reynolds to dispose as they shall think proper – I shall write very soon also either to Mr Younge or Reynolds or both.

I suppose you have taken care not to mention to any person the affair to which this letter principally refers, Such things sh^d not be mentioned, as other persons have no concern whatever with them. – I w^d have some of you by all means go to Hopesay as that w^d be agreeable to my uncle Richard.

Yours affectl^y

Tho^s Beddoes

Bristol Hotwells 24 July – 93

Address: Mr Beddoes / Shifnal / Shropshire
MS: Bodleian C 134/7 Box 134