To John Higgins   11 December [1847]

My dear Sir

I beg to thank you for your letter of the 8^th, informing me that you would pay ^£198 ’ 12 . 3 to my account at M^r Robarts & enclosing your account.—¹ I am very glad to hear that all is going on prosperously; but I am sorry for the poor old man’s death.

I thank you sincerely for your kind expressions about my Father—

pray believe me— my dear Sir | Yours very faithfully | C. Darwin J. Higgins Esq^e