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From W. E. Darwin   16 September 1880

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Sends four wrist bands, and advice on putting them on. George is well. Can easily get worm castings. Lilly and Mlle Wild arrived in a storm to stay the night. Is much amused by Sedgwick’s ferocious letter about Vestiges.

Author:  William Erasmus Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  16 Sept 1880
Classmark:  Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 78)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12714F

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  • … Macvey Napier . London: Macmillan and Co. [Sedgwick, Adam. ] 1845. Vestiges of the natural …
  • … the English Channel from Southampton. Adam Sedgwick (1785–1873) had published a scathing …

From G. H. Darwin   9 October 1880

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Is having a trough made to try experiments [on ripple-marks].

Author:  George Howard Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  9 Oct 1880
Classmark:  DAR 210.2: 86
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12747

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  • … Darwin, [before 9 October 1880] . Adam Sedgwick , great-nephew of the Cambridge professor …

From F. M. Balfour   13 September 1880

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Thanks for letter, which made up for difficulty of his speech [at BAAS meeting, Swansea].

Has met Horace Darwin and wife;

climbed Matterhorn.

Author:  Francis Maitland Balfour
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  13 Sept 1880
Classmark:  DAR 160: 29
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12712

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  • … Bibliography Foster, Michael and Sedgwick, Adam, eds. 1885. The works of Francis Maitland …
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