Letter 1090
Darwin, C. R. to Higgins, John
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Discusses accounts.
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Cannot visit Alford [farm] this summer.
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Down Farnborough Kent
May 25
My dear Sir
I beg to acknowledge & thank you for your note of the
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I am much obliged by your wish to see me at Alford this summer.— I sh
Dear Sir | Yours faithfully | C. Darwin
J. Higgins. Esq
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Rent collected by Higgins on CD's farm at Beesby. CD had instructed Higgins to place the rent directly with CD's bankers (Correspondence vol. 3, letter to John Higgins, 27 May [1846]). CD's Account Book (Down House MS) records the deposit of £197 12s. 10d. on 26 May 1847: ‘Draft from Mr Higgins (due 15th of June).’ - +
- f2 1090.f2
Higgins resided in Alford, Lincolnshire, close to CD's farm at Beesby.