From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Higgins
Date:
3 June 1871
Source of text:
Lincolnshire Archives (HIG/4/6/14)
Summary:
Acknowledges sum of £266 11s. 9d.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
Acknowledges sum of £266 11s. 9d.
Acknowledges the sum of £216 18s. 6d.
Obliged for kind enquiries about his health.
Has discussed the tenancy at Claythorpe with his father, and he will be happy for JH’s son to take over the farm.
Returns agreement signed and witnessed.
Will discuss with CD at Christmas the possibility of purchasing some land with delapidated housing.