To John Higgins 22 June 1860
Down Kent
June 22. 1860
Received of John Higgins Esqre two-hundred & forty-four Pounds. /5s/11d/ being half-year rents with deductions as specified1
£244:5s:11d
Charles Darwin
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 £244 5s. 11d. for half-year rents less deductions.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-2840F
- 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. 2840F,” accessed on 20 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-2840F.xml
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