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To John Higgins   21 November 1862

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

Nov. 21—1862

My dear Sir

I beg leave to acknowledge & thank you for £245"18"0 being half-years rent, placed to my account at the Union Bank.—1

Your account of the Tomline estate gives me some regret; but I hope I have done the best for my children.—2 I am very glad to see that you use your own hand again in writing, as this shows you must be better.3

Believe me | My dear Sir | Yours very sincerely | Ch. R. Darwin

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.
2
George Tomline owned an estate at Riby Grove, Lincolnshire.
3
In his letter of 13 June 1862 (this volume, Supplement), Higgins had explained that because of gout affecting his hands, his letters were written by an amanuensis.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-3818F,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-3818F