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To Thomas Carlyle   4 December 1875

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A letter of congratulation to Thomas Carlyle on his 80th birthday signed by CD and 118 others; to accompany the gift of a commemorative medal.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Thomas Carlyle
Date:  4 Dec 1875
Classmark:  National Trust (Carlyle’s House)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-10288G

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  • … p. 523). Erasmus Alvey Darwin . Frances Emma Elizabeth Wedgwood , the wife of Hensleigh …

To G. H. Darwin   2 [April 1875]

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CD recounts events of the April-fool’s day séance at Hensleigh [Wedgwood]’s. Asks GHD to find out whether Sidgwick’s account of it agrees with what he has heard. "What rubbish the whole does seem to be!"

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  George Howard Darwin
Date:  2 [Apr 1875]
Classmark:  DAR 210.1: 45
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9911

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  • Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). In 1875, 2 April was a Friday. George had attended a seance hosted by Hensleigh Wedgwood
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