To John Higgins 3 December 1861

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

Dec. 3^d. 1861.

My dear Sir

I beg leave to thank you & acknowledge the sum of £245"18s.0d being $\frac{1}{2}$ year rent to be placed to my account on Friday¹

My dear Sir | Yours sincerely | Ch. Darwin

John Higgins Es^qre

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.

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

2.1 My] over ‘You’

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-3338F,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-3338F