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From G. H. Darwin   [18 October 1881]

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Occupied with details of E. A. Darwin’s house and furniture. He has ordered a gravestone.

Author:  George Howard Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [18 Oct 1881]
Classmark:  DAR 210.2: 97
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13412

From A. R. Wallace   18 October 1881

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Thanks for book [Earthworms]. Asks whether leaf-mould is not formed by decay as well as by the agency of worms.

Author:  Alfred Russel Wallace
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  18 Oct 1881
Classmark:  DAR 106: B156–7
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13413

From W. R. S. Ralston   18 October 1881

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CD will be figured tomorrow in Punch. The artist, Linley Sambourne, expresses his deep respect.

Author:  William Ralston Shedden-Ralston
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  18 Oct 1881
Classmark:  DAR 176: 7
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13415

To Hugo de Vries   [18 October 1881]

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Delighted to hear that HdeV intends working on the causes of variation.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Hugo de Vries
Date:  [18 Oct 1881]
Classmark:  Artis Library (De Vries 8)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13415F

To L. C. Harrison   18 October [1881]

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Can think of no suggestion to send to Mrs Forsyth. "The best plan is to read, think and speculate and then some suggestion or doubt will occur which can be determined or verified out of observation."

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Lucy Caroline Wedgwood; Lucy Caroline Harrison
Date:  18 Oct [1881]
Classmark:  Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13414