To John Higgins 14 May 1866
Summary
Acknowledges receipt of £262 8s. 8d.
Had not heard they had suffered so much from the cattle plague in Lincolnshire.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Higgins |
| Date: | 14 May 1866 |
| Classmark: | Dominic Winter Auctioneers (dealers) (10 April 2019, lot 138) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5090G |
To John Higgins [16 November 1866]
Summary
[Acknowledges receipt of £252 19s. 2d.]
Thanks JH for his kind invitation to [William Erasmus Darwin, who had inherited the Claythorpe property in Lincolnshire, also managed by JH, from CD’s sister, Susan Elizabeth Darwin?]
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Higgins |
| Date: | [16 Nov 1866] |
| Classmark: | Dominic Winter Auctioneers (dealers) (10 April 2019, lot 138) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5279F |
To John Higgins 23 May 1867
Summary
Acknowledges receipt of £159 11s. 2d.
Glad to hear that the cottages are nearly finished.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Higgins |
| Date: | 23 May 1867 |
| Classmark: | Dominic Winter Auctioneers (dealers) (10 April 2019, lot 138) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5547F |
To John Higgins 16 November 1868
Summary
Acknowledges receipt of £259 11s. 10d.
Obliged for JH’s good account of Francis Hardy’s management of Beesby Farm.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Higgins |
| Date: | 16 Nov 1868 |
| Classmark: | Dominic Winter Auctioneers (dealers) (10 April 2019, lot 138) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6461F |
To John Higgins 27 May 1869
Summary
Acknowledges receipt of £263 13s. 8d.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Higgins |
| Date: | 27 May 1869 |
| Classmark: | Dominic Winter Auctioneers (dealers) (10 April 2019, lot 138) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6759F |
To John Higgins 3 June 1871
Summary
Acknowledges sum of £266 11s. 9d.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Higgins |
| Date: | 3 June 1871 |
| Classmark: | Lincolnshire Archives (HIG/4/6/14) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7798F |
From W. E. Darwin to John Higgins 30 October [1871]
Summary
Has discussed the tenancy at Claythorpe with his father, and he will be happy for JH’s son to take over the farm.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Higgins |
| Date: | 30 Oct [1871] |
| Classmark: | Lincolnshire Archives (HIG/4/5/11) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8034F |
From John Higgins 15 March 1845
Summary
Reports that he has an offer of an estate of about 325 acres that CD may find suitable.
| Author: | John Higgins |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 15 Mar 1845 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.10: 5 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-839 |
To John Higgins 18 November 1872
Summary
Acknowledges the sum of £216 18s. 6d.
Obliged for kind enquiries about his health.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Higgins |
| Date: | 18 Nov 1872 |
| Classmark: | Lincolnshire Archives (HIG/4/6/15) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8633F |
From John Higgins 2 October 1845
Summary
Sends a list of the work he feels should be done at Beesby [Lincolnshire] to put the farm in order. Hopes to get purchase deeds completed by 10 October.
| Author: | John Higgins |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 2 Oct 1845 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.10: 8 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-918 |
To John Higgins 27 May [1846]
Summary
Acknowledges receipt of draft. When does JH want the money for the new farmhouse? Bankers are Robarts, Curtis & Co. JH to pay them the rent directly.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Higgins |
| Date: | 27 May [1846] |
| Classmark: | Lincolnshire Archives (HIG/4/2/1/1) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-980 |
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| Darwin, C. R. | (59) |
| Higgins, John | (10) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (2) |
| Higgins, John | (61) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (10) |
| Higgins, John | (71) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (69) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (2) |
