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From A. R. Wallace   1 January 1881

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ARW’s view of migration of plants from mountain to mountain gains support from case described in Nature [23 (1880): 125–6] by J. G. Baker. Identical species of alpine plants found in African mountains and Madagascar.

Author:  Alfred Russel Wallace
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  1 Jan 1881
Classmark:  DAR 271.6: a6
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12964

From A. R. Wallace   8 January 1881

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Appreciation of CD’s efforts in recommending him for pension. Asks about proprieties of thanking Gladstone and the signers of the memorial.

Author:  Alfred Russel Wallace
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  8 Jan 1881
Classmark:  DAR 106: B150–1
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12994

From A. R. Wallace   29 January 1881

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Further information about the pension with particular thanks to CD for his role.

Author:  Alfred Russel Wallace
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  29 Jan 1881
Classmark:  DAR 106: B152–3
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13033

From A. R. Wallace   9 July 1881

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Enthusiasm for Henry George’s Progress and poverty. Considers it to rank with Adam Smith’s work. His own work on the land question [Land nationalisation (1882)].

Author:  Alfred Russel Wallace
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  9 July 1881
Classmark:  DAR 106: B154–5
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13238

From A. R. Wallace   18 October 1881

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Thanks for book [Earthworms]. Asks whether leaf-mould is not formed by decay as well as by the agency of worms.

Author:  Alfred Russel Wallace
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  18 Oct 1881
Classmark:  DAR 106: B156–7
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13413
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