To John Higgins 19 November 1860
Down Kent
Nov 19th 1860
Received from John Higgins Esqre £244"15s"11d, being half-year’s Rent from Beesby & Sutterton, due last Michaelmas.—1
£244.15s.11d
Ch. R. Darwin
Footnotes
The payment was for six months’ rent on CD’s farms at Beesby and Sutterton Fen, Lincolnshire (CD’s Investment book (Down House MS), p. 20). Higgins was CD’s land agent. On Sutterton, see Correspondence vol. 4, letter to John Higgins, 14 June [1848] and n. 1.
Summary
Acknowledges receipt of £244 15s. 11d.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-2988F
- 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. 2988F,” accessed on 28 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-2988F.xml
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