From John Higgins 17 November 1856
Summary
Mr Hardy, CD’s tenant at Beesby, has spent £105 on improvements to the farm. JH suggests different ways of recompensing the tenant, and asks for CD’s decision.
| Author: | John Higgins |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 17 Nov 1856 |
| Classmark: | Lincolnshire Archives (HIG/4/2/1/98) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1026F |
To John Higgins 12 December [1846]
Summary
Thanks JH for draft. Glad to hear account of farmhouse.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Higgins |
| Date: | 12 Dec [1846] |
| Classmark: | Lincolnshire Archives (HIG/4/2/1/2) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1037 |
To John Higgins 25 May [1847]
Summary
Discusses accounts.
Cannot visit Alford [farm] this summer.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Higgins |
| Date: | 25 May [1847] |
| Classmark: | Lincolnshire Archives (HIG/4/2/1/5) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1090 |
To John Higgins 10 September [1847]
Summary
Agrees to lease land to Mr Mason. Discusses arrangements for bank draft.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Higgins |
| Date: | 10 Sept [1847] |
| Classmark: | Lincolnshire Archives (HIG/4/2/1/6) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1117 |
To John Higgins 11 December [1847]
Summary
Discusses account. Glad that all is prosperous.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Higgins |
| Date: | 11 Dec [1847] |
| Classmark: | Lincolnshire Archives (HIG/4/2/1/7) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1138 |
To John Higgins 28 February [1848]
Summary
Arranges to pay subscription on 15 Feb and 16 Aug as requested by Mr Mason.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Higgins |
| Date: | 28 Feb [1848] |
| Classmark: | Lincolnshire Archives (HIG/4/2/1/11) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1159 |
From John Higgins 1 March 1848
Summary
Agrees to pay Mr Mason as requested.
| Author: | John Higgins |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 1 Mar 1848 |
| Classmark: | Lincolnshire Archives (HIG/4/2/1/11) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1161 |
To John Higgins 6 June [1848]
Summary
Mentions his account; visit to Lincolnshire by his sister [Susan Darwin].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Higgins |
| Date: | 6 June [1848] |
| Classmark: | Lincolnshire Archives (HIG/4/2/1/17) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1184 |
To John Higgins 14 June [1848]
Summary
Discusses possible land transactions.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Higgins |
| Date: | 14 June [1848] |
| Classmark: | Lincolnshire Archives (HIG/4/2/1/20) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1185 |
To John Higgins 6 December [1848]
Summary
Discusses his account. Mentions death of his father and his own inheritance.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Higgins |
| Date: | 6 Dec [1848] |
| Classmark: | Lincolnshire Archives (HIG/4/2/1/23) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1211 |
To John Higgins 5 June [1849]
Summary
Comments on his account.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Higgins |
| Date: | 5 June [1849] |
| Classmark: | Lincolnshire Archives (HIG/4/2/1/26) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1243 |
To John Higgins 10 December [1849]
Summary
Discusses his accounts.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Higgins |
| Date: | 10 Dec [1849] |
| Classmark: | Lincolnshire Archives (HIG/4/2/1/29) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1279 |
To John Higgins 9 May [1850]
Summary
Agrees to reduce rent on farm because of bad times.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Higgins |
| Date: | 9 May [1850] |
| Classmark: | Lincolnshire Archives (HIG/4/2/1/32) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1326 |
To John Higgins 27 May [1850]
Summary
Discusses his account.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Higgins |
| Date: | 27 May [1850] |
| Classmark: | Lincolnshire Archives (HIG/4/2/1/35) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1334 |
To John Higgins 7 June 1851
Summary
Mentions his account. Reduction in rent paid by Mr Hardy.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Higgins |
| Date: | 7 June 1851 |
| Classmark: | Lincolnshire Archives (HIG/4/2/1/45) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1432 |
To John Higgins 19 June [1852]
Summary
Discusses his account and rent reduction. Comments on agricultural prices.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Higgins |
| Date: | 19 June [1852] |
| Classmark: | Lincolnshire Archives (HIG/4/2/1/54) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1483 |
From John Higgins 27 July 1852
Summary
Explains the effects of the falling prices of wheat and cattle on the rents from CD’s and his sister Susan Elizabeth Darwin’s farms.
| Author: | John Higgins |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 27 July 1852 |
| Classmark: | Lincolnshire Archives (HIG/4/2/2/2) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1484F |
To John Higgins 29 July [1852]
Summary
Thanks JH for his exposition of the effects of falling grain and lifestock prices on farm income.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Higgins |
| Date: | 29 July [1852] |
| Classmark: | Lincolnshire Archives (HIG/4/2/2/3) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1484G |
From John Higgins 31 July 1852
Summary
Asks for more information about CD’s idea of a ‘more permanent arrangement’ with his tenant.
Explains the drawback of a lease or a corn rent.
| Author: | John Higgins |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 31 July 1852 |
| Classmark: | Lincolnshire Archives (HIG/4/2/2/5) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1484H |
To John Higgins 2 August [1852]
Summary
Discusses rent reduction and possibility of a lease.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Higgins |
| Date: | 2 Aug [1852] |
| Classmark: | Lincolnshire Archives (HIG/4/2/2/6) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1485 |
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| Darwin, C. R. | (59) |
| Higgins, John | (10) |
| Higgins, John | (59) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (10) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (69) |
| Higgins, John |
