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Darwin Correspondence Project

To John Higgins   15 June 1859

Down Bromley Kent

June 15. 1859

My dear Sir

I beg leave to acknowledge & thank you for the sum of £244:15s·11d., placed to my account at the Union Bank being 12 years rent on the Beesby Farm1

My dear Sir | Yours very faithfully | Ch. R. Darwin

Footnotes

CD owned Beesby Farm in Lincolnshire; the tenant farmer was Francis Hardy.

Summary

Acknowledges receipt of £244 15s. 11d.

Letter details

Letter no.
DCP-LETT-2469F
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. 2469F,” accessed on 28 September 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-2469F.xml

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