To John Higgins 27 May 1869

N.B. | Down Beckenham | Kent.

May 27. 1869.

My dear Sir

I beg leave to acknowledge & thank you for the sum of £263–13–6 being half a years rent & placed to my credit at the Union Bank—¹

My dear Sir | yours very faithfully | Ch. Darwin

To | J. Higgins Esq^re—

LS(A)

The payment was for CD’s farm at Beesby in Lincolnshire; Higgins was CD’s land agent.

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

2.1 Ch. … Esq^re— 3.1] in CD’s hand

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-6759F,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-6759F