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To John Higgins   1 June 1862

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

June 1st. 62

My dear Sir

I beg leave to acknowledge the sum of £240:7s:9d to be placed to my credit at Union Bank on June 7th.—, being half years rent due Lady’s day.—1

I am much obliged to you for informing me that you will call at my Brothers 6 Queen Anne St on Friday about 12 o clock, for I shd. be particularly glad to have the pleasure of seeing you; & unless I am too unwell to travel, I will certainly be there on purpose at that hour.2

My dear Sir | Yours sincerely | Ch. Darwin

To | J. Higgins Esqre

1
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. March 25, the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary, was one of the traditional ‘quarter-days’ of the business year, when rents were paid.
2
CD did not meet Higgins at the house of his brother, Erasmus Alvey Darwin, in London (see this volume, Supplement, letter from John Higgins, 13 June 1862).

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

1.2 7th.] ‘7’ over ‘6’

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-3581F,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-3581F