From D. T. Fish 7 February 1877
Author: | David Taylor Fish |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 7 Feb 1877 |
Classmark: | DAR 164: 123 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10834 |
To H. N. Moseley 7 February 1877
Summary
Would like to see the photographs.
Was glad to read HNM’s paper on the New Zealand Peripatus.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Henry Nottidge Moseley |
Date: | 7 Feb 1877 |
Classmark: | Christie’s, London (dealers) (online 31 October – 8 November 2018, lot 9) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10834F |
letter | (2) |
Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
Fish, D. T. | (1) |
Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
Moseley, H. N. | (1) |
Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
Fish, D. T. | (1) |
Moseley, H. N. | (1) |
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