To John Higgins 4 December 1863
Down. | Bromley. | Kent. S.E.
Dec. 4th. 1863
My dear Sir
I acknowledge with thanks £248:2s.1d. (rent).— I am ill so pray excuse brevity.1
Yours very faithfully | Ch. R. Darwin
J. 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. In her diary (DAR 242), Emma Darwin recorded ‘began Quinine’ and ‘sick about 12 at night’ on 4 December 1863; CD had been ill for much of the year.
Summary
Acknowledges receipt of £248 2s. 1d.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-4361F
- 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. 4361F,” accessed on 23 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-4361F.xml
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