To John Higgins 6 December [1848]
Down Farnborough | Kent
Dec. 6
My dear Sir
I beg to thank you for your note informing me that you have placed to my account at Robart £197..—
Although you do not allude to the great loss we have experienced in the death of my Father, I am well assured, from what I have heard you say, that you will sympathise with us. A man with more entire kindness of heart could not, I am certain, exist. He always expressed much respect & interest for you.—
I believe Mr Salt1 wrote to you about Rents &c up to the day of the death; but I do not whether he communicated to me that Sutterton Fen is left to me,2 so that I shall receive all rent due after Nov. 13th ult.—
Believe me | My dear Sir | Yours very faithfully | C. R Darwin. To | J. Higgins Esqr
Footnotes
Summary
Discusses his account. Mentions death of his father and his own inheritance.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-1211
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- John Higgins
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Lincolnshire Archives (HIG/4/2/1/23)
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 1211,” accessed on 21 May 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-1211.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 4