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To John Higgins   22 June 1860

Down Kent

June 22. 1860

Received of John Higgins Esqre two-hundred & forty-four Pounds. /5s/11d/ being half-year rents with deductions as specified1

£244:5s:11d

Charles Darwin

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The payment was for six months’ rent on CD’s farm at Beesby, Lincolnshire (CD’s Investment book (Down House MS), p. 20). Higgins was CD’s land agent.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-2840F,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-2840F