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From Francis Darwin   [1 May 1876]

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Good news about Frankland. Expecting burnt earth. Almost finished the Foodbodies Paper on Acacia. He and Amy are learning to use the new printing machine.

Author:  Francis Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [1 May 1876]
Classmark:  DAR 274.1: 24
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-10488F

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  • Amy Darwin , Francis’s wife, had presumably made mock keyboards on which to learn the layout of the letters. Francis probably saw Henrietta Emma Litchfield when he was in London to purchase the typewriter ( letter from Horace

From Francis Darwin   2 May 1876

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Has read letter from Jemmy. Amy has been practicing on the printing machine. Fritz has come back from the Vicar of Orpington.

Author:  Francis Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  2 May 1876
Classmark:  DAR 274.1: 23
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-10492F

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  • Darwin, [1 May 1876] ). Jemmy was Horace Darwin’s nickname; Francis possibly refers to a letter from Horace written on CD’s new typewriter. On 1 May 1876, Horace had sent George Howard Darwin a typewritten letter from London (DAR 258: 860), and he might have written to CD or Francis on the same day. Francis and his wife, Amy
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