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
Summary
Acknowledges receipt of £242 11s. 10d.
Thanks JH for his kind enquiries about CD’s illness.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-4516F
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- John Higgins
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Dominic Winter Auctioneers (dealers) (10 April 2019, lot 138)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 4516F,” accessed on
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 30 (Supplement)
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