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To John Higgins   [16 November 1866]

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[Acknowledges receipt of £252 19s. 2d.]

Thanks JH for his kind invitation to [William Erasmus Darwin, who had inherited the Claythorpe property in Lincolnshire, also managed by JH, from CD’s sister, Susan Elizabeth Darwin?]

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  John Higgins
Date:  [16 Nov 1866]
Classmark:  Dominic Winter Auctioneers (dealers) (10 April 2019, lot 138)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-5279F
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Darwin & Glen Roy

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Although Darwin was best known for his geological work in South America and other remote Beagle destinations, he made one noteworthy attempt to explain a puzzling feature of British geology.  In 1838, two years after returning from the voyage, he travelled…

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  • … Walk in Darwin’s footsteps:    Click this link to download a field guide to Glen Roy written …