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To W. E. Darwin   15 March [1871]

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Wants WED to thank F. de Chaumont for some valuable observations.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Erasmus Darwin
Date:  15 Mar [1871]
Classmark:  Wellcome Collection (RAMC/473/1). Trustees of the Army Medical Services Museum.
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11936

To Patrick Matthew   15 March [1871]

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PM’s letter and newspaper article [see 7576] show him to be still vigorous. CD doubts that he himself will be good for much more.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Patrick Matthew
Date:  15 Mar [1871]
Classmark:  National Library of Scotland (Acc.10963)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7585

From J. V. Carus   15 March 1871

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Sends CD a list of misprints in vol. 1 of Descent.

Author:  Julius Victor Carus
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  15 Mar 1871
Classmark:  DAR 161: 79
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7586

From A. R. Wallace   [15 March 1871]

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Although their language is different, the Bugis are typical Malays both physically and mentally.

Author:  Alfred Russel Wallace
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [15 Mar 1871]
Classmark:  DAR 106: B102
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7587
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3.15 George Charles Wallich, photo

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< Back to Introduction In the years around 1868–1871, when professional photographers competed for sittings with Darwin, a doctor called George Charles Wallich approached him with a similar request. Wallich was planning to publish a set of his own…

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  • … < Back to Introduction In the years around 1868–1871, when professional photographers …

2.13 Edgar Boehm, statue in the NHM

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< Back to Introduction Edgar Boehm’s marble statue of Darwin in the Natural History Museum was commissioned by the committee of the Darwin Memorial Fund. This body had been set up by Darwin’s friends after his death in 1882, with the aim of providing…

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Origin: the lost changes for the second German edition

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Darwin sent a list of changes made uniquely to the second German edition of Origin to its translator, Heinrich Georg Bronn.  That lost list is recreated here.

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  • … appears in Origin 4th ed., p. 301. 36.  p. 315. This sentence also appears in Origin …
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