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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Higgins
Date:
9 May [1850]
Source of text:
Lincolnshire Archives (HIG/4/2/1/32)
Summary:

Agrees to reduce rent on farm because of bad times.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Higgins
Date:
27 May [1850]
Source of text:
Lincolnshire Archives (HIG/4/2/1/35)
Summary:

Discusses his account.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Higgins
Date:
13 Dec [1850]
Source of text:
Lincolnshire Archives (HIG/4/2/1/38)
Summary:

Discusses his account. Mentions reduction in rent due to agricultural conditions.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Higgins
Date:
21 Dec [1850]
Source of text:
Lincolnshire Archives (HIG/4/2/1/41)
Summary:

Asks his opinion concerning possible investment. Asks about possible land sale to Mr Mason.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Higgins
Date:
7 June 1851
Source of text:
Lincolnshire Archives (HIG/4/2/1/45)
Summary:

Mentions his account. Reduction in rent paid by Mr Hardy.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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
From:
John Higgins
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
27 July 1852
Source of text:
Lincolnshire Archives (HIG/4/2/2/2)
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.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Higgins
Date:
29 July [1852]
Source of text:
Lincolnshire Archives (HIG/4/2/2/3)
Summary:

Thanks JH for his exposition of the effects of falling grain and lifestock prices on farm income.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
John Higgins
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
31 July 1852
Source of text:
Lincolnshire Archives (HIG/4/2/2/5)
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.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Higgins
Date:
2 Aug [1852]
Source of text:
Lincolnshire Archives (HIG/4/2/2/6)
Summary:

Discusses rent reduction and possibility of a lease.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Higgins
Date:
18 Dec [1852]
Source of text:
Lincolnshire Archives (HIG/4/2/1/58)
Summary:

Discusses his account. Mentions the rent.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Higgins
Date:
11 Apr [1853]
Source of text:
Lincolnshire Archives (HIG/4/2/1/60)
Summary:

Has changed his bank to Union Bank, Charing Cross Branch.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Higgins
Date:
14 June [1853]
Source of text:
Lincolnshire Archives (HIG/4/2/1/65)
Summary:

Discusses account.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Higgins
Date:
2–3 Dec [1853]
Source of text:
Lincolnshire Archives (HIG/4/2/1/66)
Summary:

Arranges meeting. Discusses his account.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Higgins
Date:
18 Mar [1854]
Source of text:
Lincolnshire Archives (HIG/4/2/1/75)
Summary:

Discusses price of a farm.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Higgins
Date:
23 Mar [1854]
Source of text:
Lincolnshire Archives (HIG/4/2/1/76)
Summary:

Discusses investments.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Higgins
Date:
9 Apr [1854]
Source of text:
Lincolnshire Archives (HIG/4/2/1/79)
Summary:

Discusses his investments.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Higgins
Date:
5 Oct [1854]
Source of text:
Lincolnshire Archives (HIG/4/2/1/82)
Summary:

Discusses lost investment opportunity.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Higgins
Date:
25 Dec 1854
Source of text:
Lincolnshire Archives (HIG/4/2/1/83)
Summary:

Discusses his account. Mentions health of children.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Higgins
Date:
26 May 1855
Source of text:
Lincolnshire Archives (HIG/4/2/1/87)
Summary:

Discusses his account.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project