To John Higgins   7 June 1851

My dear Sir

I beg to thank you for your note & acknowledge the sum of ^£184’^s 9 . ^d 5, placed to my account at M^rss. Robarts, Curtis & Co.

I sincerely hope with you that farming affairs will improve: I should be extremely sorry to be at all hard upon M^r. Hardy,¹ but from all I hear, fifteen per cent seems to be a large reduction, & I trust such may not long continue to be necessary.— I am much obliged for your kind enquiries about my health, which is somewhat improved. You will be sorry to hear that Miss Darwin² has been much out of health of late.

Dear Sir | Yours very faithfully | C. Darwin J. Higgins Esq^e