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To W. S. Dallas   12 March [1879]

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Asks whether WSD would be interested in translating Ernst Krause’s article on Erasmus Darwin [Kosmos 4 (1879): 397–424] into English.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Sweetland Dallas
Date:  12 Mar [1879]
Classmark:  DAR 202: 39
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11927

To W. S. Dallas   25 January 1881

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Asks WSD to suspend the enclosed certificate.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Sweetland Dallas
Date:  25 Jan 1881
Classmark:  John Wilson (dealer) (May 2007)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13027F

To W. S. Dallas   8 November [1867]

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Suggestions on listing authors in the index [for Variation].

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Sweetland Dallas
Date:  8 Nov [1867]
Classmark:  American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-5671

To W. S. Dallas   [14 January 1868]

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CD was frustrated by the delay [in producing index for Variation], but was quite mollified by WSD’s note; is sorry the work turned out so badly for him.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Sweetland Dallas
Date:  [14 Jan 1868]
Classmark:  DAR 96: 46
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-5783

To W. S. Dallas   11 November [1868]

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A letter strongly recommending him for the post of Assistant Secretary of the Geological Society.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Sweetland Dallas
Date:  11 Nov [1868]
Classmark:  Geological Society of London (LDGSL 286/8); DAR 96: 51
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-6457

To W. S. Dallas   27 January [1871]

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Accepts the proposed corrections of his spelling except for "chloèn". [WSD was preparing the index for Descent, vol. 2.]

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Sweetland Dallas
Date:  27 Jan [1871]
Classmark:  Joline 1902, pp. 256–7
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7461A

From W. S. Dallas   23 January 1879

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Suggests references that might answer CD’s [unidentified] request for information about coral islands.

Author:  William Sweetland Dallas
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  23 Jan 1879
Classmark:  DAR 162: 28
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11843

From W. S. Dallas   14 March 1879

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Offers to translate [E. Krause’s] "Erasmus Darwin" for £10.

Thanks CD for signing his certificate for the Royal Society.

Author:  William Sweetland Dallas
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  14 Mar 1879
Classmark:  DAR 99: 99–100
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11935

From W. S. Dallas   15 March 1879

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Repeats his willingness to translate E. Krause’s "Erasmus Darwin".

Author:  William Sweetland Dallas
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  15 Mar 1879
Classmark:  DAR 99: 101
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11937

From W. S. Dallas   7 May 1879

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Has received the enlarged MS for Erasmus Darwin from E. Krause.

Author:  William Sweetland Dallas
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  7 May 1879
Classmark:  DAR 99: 102–3
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12037

From W. S. Dallas   8 May 1879

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Has difficulty with E. Krause’s orthography and quotations.

Asks CD to lend him Anna Seward’s biography [Memoirs of the life of Dr Darwin (1804)].

Author:  William Sweetland Dallas
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  8 May 1879
Classmark:  DAR 99: 104–5
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12039

From W. S. Dallas   9 May 1879

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Has CD seen Samuel Butler’s Evolution, old and new [1879], which contains a biography of Erasmus Darwin and exposition of his philosophy? "Does not this rather take the wind out of our sails?"

Author:  William Sweetland Dallas
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  9 May 1879
Classmark:  DAR 99: 106
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12045

From W. S. Dallas   4 June 1879

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Has finished the first part of Krause’s MS [of Erasmus Darwin]. Expects to receive the concluding portion soon.

Author:  William Sweetland Dallas
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  4 June 1879
Classmark:  DAR 99: 107–8
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12083

From W. S. Dallas   16 June 1879

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Has just received concluding portion of Krause’s MS.

Author:  William Sweetland Dallas
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  16 June 1879
Classmark:  DAR 99: 109
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12110

From W. S. Dallas   15 July 1879

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Thanks CD for sending volumes of Dr Erasmus Darwin’s works. Hopes to finish Krause’s MS in a fortnight.

Author:  William Sweetland Dallas
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  15 July 1879
Classmark:  DAR 99: 110–11
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12161

From W. S. Dallas   29 July 1879

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Difficulties with Krause’s handwriting and the time required to correct his sources have delayed the translation [of Erasmus Darwin].

Author:  William Sweetland Dallas
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  29 July 1879
Classmark:  DAR 99: 112–13
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12177

From W. S. Dallas   6 August 1879

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Last minute checking of some quotations has delayed his translation [of Erasmus Darwin].

Author:  William Sweetland Dallas
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  6 Aug 1879
Classmark:  DAR 99: 114–17
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12184

From W. S. Dallas   18 August 1879

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WSD sent MS of his translation of Erasmus Darwin on 6 August. Hopes CD received all of it.

Author:  William Sweetland Dallas
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  18 Aug 1879
Classmark:  DAR 99: 118–19
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12197

From W. S. Dallas   28 August 1879

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He has no cause to complain at CD’s suppression of parts of his translation. Will do his best to correct and improve the proofs.

Author:  William Sweetland Dallas
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  28 Aug 1879
Classmark:  DAR 99: 120–1
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12202

From W. S. Dallas   13 September 1879

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Acknowledges proofs of Erasmus Darwin.

Author:  William Sweetland Dallas
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  13 Sept 1879
Classmark:  DAR 99: 122
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12228
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