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To John Higgins   31 May 1864

Down Bromley Kent

May 31 1864

My dear Sir

I have to acknowledge & thank you for £242 " 11s : 10d placed to my account at the Union Bank.—1 I am much obliged for your kind enquiries: I have had a very long illness, but am now recovering & shall soon regain my former moderate state of health.—2

I sincerely hope that you are pretty well & remain | My de⁠⟨⁠ar Sir⁠⟩⁠ | Yours ⁠⟨⁠fai⁠⟩⁠thfully | Ch. R. Darwin

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
On CD’s health during this period, see Correspondence vol. 13, Appendix IV.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-4516F,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-4516F