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To John Higgins   10 December [1849]

Down Farnborough Kent

Dec. 10th.

Dear Sir

I am much obliged for your letter & enclosures of the 8th informing me that 224’16 5 has been placed to my account at Robarts & Co. I am very sorry to hear of the gloomy prospects of the Farmers & of the chance of reduced rents.—1

Dear Sir | Yours very faithfully | C. Darwin J. Higgins

Footnotes

1
In addition to the continuing debates over the financial consequences of the repeal of the corn laws, CD may possibly be referring to the extensive floods in various parts of the country in December, including Lincolnshire where CD had his farm. Much damage was done to agricultural land (Annual register 1849, Chronicle, p. 173).

Bibliography

Annual register: The annual register. A view of the history and politics of the year. 1838–62. The annual register. A review of public events at home and abroad. N.s. 1863–1946. London: Longman & Co. [and others].

Summary

Discusses his accounts.

Letter details

Letter no.
DCP-LETT-1279
From
Charles Robert Darwin
To
John Higgins
Sent from
Down
Source of text
Lincolnshire Archives (HIG/4/2/1/29)
Physical description
ALS 1p

Please cite as

Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 1279,” accessed on 26 November 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-1279.xml

Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 4

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