To John Higgins 20 May 1861
Down. | Bromley. | Kent. S.E.
May 20. 1861
My dear Sir
I beg leave to acknowledge & thank you for £239"9s"7d being half-years Rent, placed to my account at Union Bank.1
My dear Sir | Yours sincerely | Ch. R. Darwin
To | J. Higgins Esqre
Footnotes
The payment was for six months’ rent on CD’s farm at Beesby, Lincolnshire (CD’s Investment book (Down House MS), p. 20). Higgins was CD’s land agent.
Summary
Acknowledges receipt of £239 9s. 7d.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-3152F
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- John Higgins
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Dominic Winter Auctioneers (dealers) (10 April 2019, lot 138)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 3152F,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-3152F.xml
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