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To John Higgins   18 November 1872

Down, | Beckenham, Kent.

Nov 18. 1872

My dear Sir

I beg leave to acknowledge & thank you for the sum of £261–18–6–, for rent, & placed to my acct at the Union Bank.1

I am much obliged for your kind enquiries about my health, of which I cannot give a very good account.2

My dear Sir | yours sincerely | Ch. R Darwin

To J. Higgins Esqr

Footnotes

1
The payment was for six months’ rent on CD’s farm at Beesby in Lincolnshire (CD’s Investment book (Down House MS), p. 20); Higgins was CD’s land agent.
2
No letter from Higgins around this time enquiring about CD’s health has been found.

Summary

Acknowledges the sum of £216 18s. 6d.

Obliged for kind enquiries about his health.

Letter details

Letter no.
DCP-LETT-8633F
From
Charles Robert Darwin
To
John Higgins
Sent from
Down
Source of text
Lincolnshire Archives (HIG/4/6/15)
Physical description
LS 1p

Please cite as

Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 8633F,” accessed on 25 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-8633F.xml

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