To John Higgins 1 December 1864
Down. | Bromley. | Kent. S.E.
Dec. 1st. 1864
My dear Sir
I beg leave to acknowledge & thank you for £262 " 13s. 5d. being half-a-year’s rent, placed to my account at the Union Bank.—1
I am sorry to hear that you are still suffering from that most painful illness of Gout.2
My dear Sir | Yours very faithfully | Ch. R. Darwin
To | 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.
See also this volume, Supplement, letter from John Higgins, 13 June 1862.
Summary
Acknowledges receipt of £262 13s. 5d.
Sorry to hear JH is still suffering from gout.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-4690F
- 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. 4690F,” accessed on 25 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-4690F.xml
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