To John Higgins 23 May 1867
Down. | Bromley. | Kent. S.E.
May 23rd. 1867
My dear Sir
I beg leave to acknowledge & thank you for the sum of £159.11"2 being half a years rent, less certain charges & the payment of half the cost of the new cottages.1 I am glad to hear that the cottages are so nearly finished.
Believe me, My dear Sir | yours very faithfully | Ch. R. Darwin
To J. Higgins Esq
Footnotes
The payment was for CD’s farm at Beesby in Lincolnshire; Higgins was CD’s land agent. Higgins’s letter to CD has not been found.
Summary
Acknowledges receipt of £159 11s. 2d.
Glad to hear that the cottages are nearly finished.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-5547F
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- John Higgins
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Dominic Winter Auctioneers (dealers) (10 April 2019, lot 138)
- Physical description
- 1p LS
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 5547F,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-5547F.xml
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