To John Higgins 13 July [1859]1
Down Bromley Kent
July 13th
My dear Sir
I am sorry to trouble you, but I have had a letter from my Uncle Sir F. Darwin in which he asks me to give his son-in-law Mr. M. Huish the right of shooting over the Beesby Farm.2 He says that Mr. H has a share in some adjoining property & that “he ocasionally goes there for the purpose of a few days’ shooting.”—
I cannot remember positively what has passed between us in regard to the shooting. If you yourself or your son3 shoot, as I consider myself under obligation to you, I shall have no scruple in saying that I have given you the shooting. But if you have merely granted it to some one else, if you will put yourself in my position, I think that you will agree that it would be churlish in me refuse the power to my Uncle’s son-in-law.—
I presume on account of injury to tenant that pheasants are not preserved,4 & that I should not act unfairly by revoking at this season the right of shooting granted by you to anyone, or by giving a joint right. But be so kind as to put yourself in my position, & tell me how circumstances are, & advise me—
My dear Sir | Yours very sincerely | C. R. Darwin
Footnotes
Summary
His uncle, Sir Francis Sacheverel Darwin, has asked if FSD’s son-in-law, Marcus Huish, can shoot over CD’s Beesby property. Can JH advise?
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-2476F
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- John Higgins
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Lincolnshire Archives (HIG/4/2/4/1)
- Physical description
- ALS 4pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 2476F,” accessed on 23 May 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-2476F.xml