To John Higgins 31 May 1865
Down. | Bromley. | Kent. S.E.
May 31st 1865
My dear Sir
I apologise for my delay in acknowledging & thanking you for your note, account, & the remittance to the Union Bank for me of £255"2s"10d.1
Believe me, 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.
Summary
Acknowledges receipt of £255 2s. 10d.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-4843F
- 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. 4843F,” accessed on 23 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-4843F.xml
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