To John Higgins 31 May 1865

Down. | Bromley. | Kent. S.E.

May 31^st 1865

My dear Sir

I apologise for my delay in acknowledging & thanking you for your note, account, & the remittance to the Union Bank for me of £255"2s"10d.¹

Believe me, my dear Sir | Yours very faithfully | Ch. R. Darwin

To | J. Higgins Esq^re—

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.

Acknowledges receipt of £255 2s. 10d.

Letter no.: DCP-LETT-4843F
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

Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 4843F,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-4843F.xml

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