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To John Higgins   4 December 1863

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

Dec. 4th. 1863

My dear Sir

I acknowledge with thanks £248:2s.1d. (rent).— I am ill so pray excuse brevity.1

Yours very faithfully | 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. In her diary (DAR 242), Emma Darwin recorded ‘began Quinine’ and ‘sick about 12 at night’ on 4 December 1863; CD had been ill for much of the year.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-4361F,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-4361F