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To Caroline Darwin   10–13 March 1835

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Definite plans now to leave Valparaiso 1 June and to arrive in Sydney in January; then Cape of Good Hope and home in September 1836.

Describes Concepción after earthquake.

Will cross the Cordilleras. Hopes snow will hold off.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Darwin; Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Wedgwood
Date:  10–13 Mar 1835
Classmark:  DAR 223: 26
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-271

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  • letter has not been found. CD left Santiago for Mendoza via the Portillo Pass on 18 March and returned via the Uspallata Pass, arriving on 10 April. See ‘Beagle’ diary , pp.  288–306, and Journal of researches , ch.  17. …