To John Higgins 5 October [1854]
Down Farnborough Kent
Octr. 5th.—
My dear Sir
I am very much obliged to you for your letter & plan. Had this property come into the market a few months ago, I should have thought it most fortunate, & perhaps it wd. have been an excellent thing for my children; but now the money is all invested & a large part for a long period of years (seven), so I must give up all thoughts of this estate which lies so handily to my own farm.—1
I followed a suggestion of yours (for which I am much indebted) & lent on mortgage to Grt. Northern, & part in B shares.—2
With many thanks for your trouble | Believe me | My dear Sir | Your’s sincerely | C. R. Darwin
Footnotes
Summary
Discusses lost investment opportunity.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-1594
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- John Higgins
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Lincolnshire Archives (HIG/4/2/1/82)
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 1594,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-1594.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 5