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To Ebenezer Norman    17 [August 1856]

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Thanks EN for copying a MS [on "Geographical distribution" (Natural selection, pp. 534–66)]. Increases his payment and offers EN work in the future.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Ebenezer Norman
Date:  17 [Aug 1856]
Classmark:  Mrs K. M. B. Thompson (private collection)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-1941A
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Journal of researches

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Within two months of the Beagle’s arrival back in England in October 1836, Darwin, although busy with distributing his specimens among specialists for description, and more interested in working on his geological research, turned his mind to the task of…

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