To John Higgins 16 November 1868
Down. | Bromley. | Kent. S.E.
Nov 16 1868
My dear Sir
I am much obliged for your note which gives so good an account of Mr Hardy’s management of the farm. I beg leave to acknowledge & thank you for the sum of £259–11–10 due as rent & placed to my account at the Union Bank—1
My dear Sir | Yours very faithfully Ch. R. Darwin
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. Francis Hardy was CD’s tenant.
Summary
Acknowledges receipt of £259 11s. 10d.
Obliged for JH’s good account of Francis Hardy’s management of Beesby Farm.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-6461F
- 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. 6461F,” accessed on 20 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-6461F.xml
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