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To R. B. Sharpe?   16 January 1877

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Has received from the region of the River Uruguay in S. America "a wonderful nest" of a bird called "El boyero", said to perch on the back of cattle and horses.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Richard Bowdler Sharpe
Date:  16 Jan 1877
Classmark:  Bates College, Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-10793

To R. B. Sharpe   21 February [1879]

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Sends short testimonial [missing] for RBS, but doubts its value as he has has already given one for the same office [to A. G. Butler, see 11888].

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Richard Bowdler Sharpe
Date:  21 Feb [1879]
Classmark:  McGill University Library, Rare Books and Special Collections (Manuscript Collection: Folio A.L.S. Charles Darwin)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11892

To R. B. Sharpe   24 November [1874]

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Testimonial stating CD’s opinion of RBS’s fitness for a higher post at the British Museum.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Richard Bowdler Sharpe
Date:  24 Nov [1874]
Classmark:  DAR 97: C66
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9731
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