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To John Higgins   4 December 1859

Ilkley Wells House | Otley Yorkshire

Decr 4th 1859.

My dear Sir

Your note & account has been forwarded here from my home, where I am temporarily staying.— I thank you for & acknowledge the sum of £241:19s·10d placed to my account1

In Haste I remain | My dear Sir | Yours sincerely | Ch. R. Darwin

J. Higgins Esqr

1
Higgins’s note has not been found. The payment was half-yearly rent on CD’s farm at Beesby, Lincolnshire. CD was away from Down visiting the hydropathic establishment at Ilkley Wells from 2 October to 9 December 1859 (see Correspondence vol. 7, Appendix II). See also plate in Correspondence vol. 30.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-2570F,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-2570F