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To A. B. Buckley   16 August [1880]

Summary

Believes A. S. Packard is in error on some points. Refers to his own observations on slave-making ants in Origin.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Arabella Burton Buckley
Date:  16 Aug [1880]
Classmark:  University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center (Joseph Halle Schaffner collection, box 1, folder 2)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12689

To A. B. Buckley   31 October [1880]

Summary

Has talked to Lubbock and Huxley about pension for Wallace. Asks for help in getting information about Wallace’s circumstances.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Arabella Burton Buckley
Date:  31 Oct [1880]
Classmark:  DAR 143: 182
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12785

From A. B. Buckley   7 November 1880

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Summary

Has spoken to Wallace to see if reluctant to accept a Government pension. He would accept if CD and Huxley believe it justified. Encloses details of Wallace’s efforts to obtain a position as naturalist and his claims for a pension.

Author:  Arabella Burton Buckley
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  7 Nov 1880
Classmark:  DAR 160: 370
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12802

To A. B. Buckley   9 November 1880

Summary

Thanks for information about Wallace. Is preparing memorial to be submitted to Government [seeking pension for Wallace].

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Arabella Burton Buckley
Date:  9 Nov 1880
Classmark:  DAR 143: 183
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12806

To A. B. Buckley   14 November 1880

Summary

Comments on her new book [Life and her children (1880)]. "… you have treated evolution with much dexterity and truthfulness".

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Arabella Burton Buckley
Date:  14 Nov 1880
Classmark:  DAR 143: 184
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12818
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