To John Higgins 21 November 1862
Down. | Bromley. | Kent. S.E.
Nov. 21—1862
My dear Sir
I beg leave to acknowledge & thank you for £245"18"0 being half-years rent, placed to my account at the Union Bank.—1
Your account of the Tomline estate gives me some regret; but I hope I have done the best for my children.—2 I am very glad to see that you use your own hand again in writing, as this shows you must be better.3
Believe me | My dear Sir | Yours very sincerely | Ch. R. Darwin
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.
George Tomline owned an estate at Riby Grove, Lincolnshire.
In his letter of 13 June 1862 (this volume, Supplement), Higgins had explained that because of gout affecting his hands, his letters were written by an amanuensis.
Summary
Acknowledges receipt of £245 18s.
JH’s account of the Tomline estate gives CD some regret.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-3818F
- 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. 3818F,” accessed on
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