To John Higgins 27 May 1869
N.B. | Down Beckenham | Kent.
May 27. 1869.
My dear Sir
I beg leave to acknowledge & thank you for the sum of £263–13–6 being half a years rent & placed to my credit at the Union Bank—1
My dear Sir | yours very faithfully | Ch. Darwin
To | J. Higgins Esqre—
Footnotes
The payment was for CD’s farm at Beesby in Lincolnshire; Higgins was CD’s land agent.
Summary
Acknowledges receipt of £263 13s. 8d.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-6759F
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- John Higgins
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Dominic Winter Auctioneers (dealers) (10 April 2019, lot 138)
- Physical description
- 1p LS(A)
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 6759F,” accessed on
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 30 (Supplement)
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