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To John Higgins   18 November 1872

Down, | Beckenham, Kent.

Nov 18. 1872

My dear Sir

I beg leave to acknowledge & thank you for the sum of £261–18–6–, for rent, & placed to my acct at the Union Bank.1

I am much obliged for your kind enquiries about my health, of which I cannot give a very good account.2

My dear Sir | yours sincerely | Ch. R Darwin

To J. Higgins Esqr

LS

1
The payment was for six months’ rent on CD’s farm at Beesby in Lincolnshire (CD’s Investment book (Down House MS), p. 20); Higgins was CD’s land agent.
2
No letter from Higgins around this time enquiring about CD’s health has been found.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-8633F,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-8633F