To John Higgins 9 May [1850]
Down Farnborough Kent
May 9th
My dear Sir
From what you say I must accord my consent to your proposition of a reduction of Rent of 15 per cent for the past half-year & can only hope the present depressed times will not last.1
Prices I understand, have been as low before under Protection,2 & in France at present they are very low, so that I see no cause whatever to despair. I suppose Mr Hardy3 is an active man & does not content himself with merely complaining about the altered laws.—
I hope that he has nothing of any kind to complain of.
We must hope for better times4
I remain | dear Sir | Yours very faithfully | C. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Summary
Agrees to reduce rent on farm because of bad times.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-1326
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- John Higgins
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Lincolnshire Archives (HIG/4/2/1/32)
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 1326,” accessed on 28 September 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-1326.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 4