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RECORD: Darwin, Robert Waring. 1845.03.15-10.10. Dr to John Higgins. Land Agent. CUL-DAR210.10.9. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 8.2023. RN1

NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volume CUL-DAR210.10 contains correspondence; Darwin's estate at Beesby. 1844-71.

"Beesby, a village in Lincolnshire. 1845 CD bought a farm including 325 acres of land for £13,592 borrowed from his father; rent 1845 £377, 1877 £555 16s. 1845 Sept. CD visited the only time "to see a farm I have purchased". CCD3:258, Keith, Darwin revalued, 1955, p. 222. Atkins 1976, p. 100. Most of that time tenanted by Francis Hardy. 1903 Sold by William Erasmus Darwin (for the Executors of CD, deceased) to the tenant, Edward Ash Young. See Worsley, The Darwin farms, 2017."
"Higgins, John, 1796-1872. Born in Shrewsbury. 1819 Moved to Alford, Lincolnshire, land agent to Robert Waring and Susan Darwin and CD from 1845. H expertly managed and collected rent for CD's farm in Beesby. His papers survive in Lincolnshire Archives (Higgins Deposit) and provide abundant detail. See Worsley, The Darwin farms, 2017." (Paul van Helvert & John van Wyhe, Darwin: A Companion, 2021.) The sketch of an estate at Beesby is at CUL-DAR210.10.4. Darwin in 1864 sold a portion of this land. Text.

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Dr. Darwin

Dr. to John Higgins. Land Agent.

1845 March 15 to Octr. 10} To valuing an Estate at Beesby; in the County of Lincoln,— To making Survey and Plans of the same ---

Long treaty with James Whiting Yorke esq & his Agents for the purchase — Corresponding with you and Mr. C. Darwin thereon,— and completing the purchase at Boston, on the 10th October — Drawing — long Farming Agreement with Ralph Hardy, the Tenant with proper Covenants for management, at the yearly Rent of £437.10.0, being clear 3/4 per cent upon the money invested,— including journies and Expenses.—} £ 26. s 5. d 0

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