To John Higgins   20 May 1861

Down. | Bromley. | Kent. S.E.

May 20. 1861

My dear Sir

I beg leave to acknowledge & thank you for £239"9s"7d being half-years Rent, placed to my account at Union Bank.1

My dear Sir | Yours sincerely | Ch. R. Darwin

To | J. Higgins Esqre

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-3152F,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-3152F