To T. W. Higginson 27 February [1873]
Summary
Praises TWH’s Army life in a black regiment [1870]. CD always thought well of Negroes, and is delighted to have his impressions confirmed.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Wentworth Higginson |
| Date: | 27 Feb [1873] |
| Classmark: | LL 3: 176 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8790 |
From T. W. Higginson 30 March 1873
Summary
Pleased CD enjoyed his book [Outdoor papers (1871)].
Rejoices at CD’s kindly feelings toward the coloured race.
The Index is in financial trouble due to F. E. Abbot’s unworldliness.
Agassiz is setting up a summer school for natural history off the Massachusetts coast. His pupils develop more liberal scientific opinions than Agassiz’s.
Encloses some notes on expression.
| Author: | Thomas Wentworth Higginson |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 30 Mar 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 198 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8830 |
Document type
| letter | (2) |
Author
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
| Higginson, T. W. | (1) |
Addressee
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
| Higginson, T. W. | (1) |
Correspondent
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Higginson, T. W. | (2) |
