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From George Brettingham Sowerby and Edward Forbes   28 May 1844

[Two lists of shells from James, Charles, and Chatham Islands of the Galápagos, one signed and dated by G. B. Sowerby, who summarises: ‘18 species in the two lists of which 8 identical and 2 identical with Tahitian species 1 [identical] with Hobart town species.’ The other list, on the verso, is in Edward Forbes’s hand, with additions by CD. On the Sowerby list CD has written: ‘Dec. 20 /44/ | From this list of Galapagos shells nothing about Representatives can be made out’]

Summary

[Recto is a list of Galapagos shells, by island, signed GBS. Verso is another list of shells in EF’s hand.]

Letter details

Letter no.
DCP-LETT-752
From
George Brettingham Sowerby; Edward Forbes
To
Charles Robert Darwin
Sent from
unstated
Source of text
DAR 46.2: B1–2
Physical description
AmemS 4pp †

Please cite as

Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 752,” accessed on 28 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-752.xml

Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 3

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