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To John Higgins   23 May 1867

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

May 23rd. 1867

My dear Sir

I beg leave to acknowledge & thank you for the sum of £159.11"2 being half a years rent, less certain charges & the payment of half the cost of the new cottages.1 I am glad to hear that the cottages are so nearly finished.

Believe me, My dear Sir | yours very faithfully | Ch. R. Darwin

To J. Higgins Esq

LS

1
The payment was for CD’s farm at Beesby in Lincolnshire; Higgins was CD’s land agent. Higgins’s letter to CD has not been found.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-5547F,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-5547F