To John Higgins 3 December 1861
Down. | Bromley. | Kent. S.E.
Dec. 3d. 1861.
My dear Sir
I beg leave to thank you & acknowledge the sum of £245"18s.0d being year rent to be placed to my account on Friday1
My dear Sir | Yours sincerely | Ch. Darwin
John Higgins Esqre
Footnotes
The payment was for six months’ rent on CD’s farm at Beesby, Lincolnshire (CD’s Investment book (Down House MS), p. 20). Higgins was CD’s land agent.
Summary
Acknowledges receipt of £245 18s.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-3338F
- 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. 3338F,” accessed on 25 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-3338F.xml
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