To John Higgins 11 December [1847]
Down Farnborough Kent
Decr 11.
My dear Sir
I beg to thank you for your letter of the 8th, informing me that you would pay £198 ’ 12 . 3 to my account at Mr Robarts & enclosing your account.—1 I am very glad to hear that all is going on prosperously; but I am sorry for the poor old man’s death.
I thank you sincerely for your kind expressions about my Father—
pray believe me— my dear Sir | Yours very faithfully | C. Darwin J. Higgins Esqe
Footnotes
Rent for the Beesby Farm. According to his Account Book (Down House MS), CD received £203 12s. 3d. in rent, minus a £5 subscription to Beesby School.
Summary
Discusses account. Glad that all is prosperous.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-1138
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- John Higgins
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Lincolnshire Archives (HIG/4/2/1/7)
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 1138,” accessed on 16 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-1138.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 4
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