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To E. S. Galton   20 November 1879

Summary

Thanks ESG for list of errata in his part [of Erasmus Darwin].

Extends sympathy on death of Edward Wheler, E. S. G’s brother-in-law.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Emma Sophia Galton
Date:  20 Nov 1879
Classmark:  UCL Library Services, Special Collections (GALTON/1/1/9/5/7/29)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12331

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  • … GALTON/1/1/9/5/7/29) Charles Robert Darwin Down 20 Nov 1879 Emma Sophia Galton …

To E. A. Wheler   [before 12 November 1879]

Summary

Has instructed his publisher to send copies of Erasmus Darwin to herself, her sister Emma Sophia Galton, and their half-cousin, Emma Nixon.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Elizabeth Anne Galton; Elizabeth Anne Wheler
Date:  [before 12 Nov 1879]
Classmark:  Bonhams, New York (dealers) (11 March 2020, lot 28)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12283F

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  • … to send copies of Erasmus Darwin to herself, her sister Emma Sophia Galton, and their …
  • Darwin and was sending her correspondent an autograph from one of them. Wheler’s sister was Emma

To Francis Galton   14 November [1879]

Summary

Returns completed questionnaire concerning visualising faculty [see LL 3: 177–9]. Thinks age important. Recalls faces of school friends but cannot remember those of people recently met.

Comments on his part [of Erasmus Darwin].

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Francis Galton
Date:  14 Nov [1879]
Classmark:  UCL Library Services, Special Collections (GALTON/1/1/9/5/7/28)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12317

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  • … for Erasmus Darwin in his letter of 12 November 1879 . Henrietta Emma Litchfield had …