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To John Higgins   25 December 1854

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Discusses his account. Mentions health of children.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  John Higgins
Date:  25 Dec 1854
Classmark:  Lincolnshire Archives (HIG/4/2/1/83)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-1615

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  • 11 s. 8 d. The discrepancy is explained by an entry in CD’s Account book (Down House MS) on 24 December recording a payment of 15 s . to: ‘M r Higgins Alford Agricultural Club’. Francis and Leonard Darwin (see ‘Journal’; Correspondence vol.  5, Appendix I). CD’s Health diary (Down House MS) recorded from 14 to 29 December: ‘Children Ill. —’. Emma Darwin recorded in her diary that Leonard and Francis came home unwell from Sarah Wedgwood’s on 13  …
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