From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Higgins
Date:
19 June [1852]
Source of text:
Lincolnshire Archives (HIG/4/2/1/54)
Summary:
Discusses his account and rent reduction. Comments on agricultural prices.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Discusses his account and rent reduction. Comments on agricultural prices.
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.
Thanks JH for his exposition of the effects of falling grain and lifestock prices on farm income.
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.
Discusses rent reduction and possibility of a lease.
Discusses his account. Mentions the rent.