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From T. N. Staley   25 February [1874]

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Introduction of tropical fruits in Hawaiian Islands.

Author:  Thomas Nettleship Staley
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  25 Feb [1874]
Classmark:  DAR 89: 195–6
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9314

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  • … From T.  N.  Staley   25 February [1874] …
  • … letter and the letter from T.  N.  Staley, 20 February 1874 . CD’s letter to Staley has …
  • … found; see, however, the letter from T.  N.  Staley, 20 February 1874 . 77 o F. : 25 o C. …

From T. N. Staley   20 February 1874

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General observations on the native Hawaiian population.

Author:  Thomas Nettleship Staley
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  20 Feb 1874
Classmark:  DAR 89: 191–4
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9307

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  • … From T.  N.  Staley   20 February 1874
  • … but see the letter from T.  N.  Staley, 12 February 1874 . Staley refers to James Cook and …
  • … CUL. See letter from T.  N.  Staley, 12 February 1874 . In Descent 2d ed. , p.  187, CD …

To T. N. Staley   13 January [1874]

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Has read TNS’s article ["On the geography and recent volcanic eruption of the Sandwich Islands", J. R. Geogr. Soc. 38 (1868): 361–9].

Asks for information on decline in population and infanticide in the Sandwich Islands. Seeks corroboration of A. Bishop’s reports.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Thomas Nettleship Staley
Date:  13 Jan [1874]
Classmark:  The Hawaiian Historical Society (MS B St1)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9239

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  • … To T.  N.  Staley   13 January [1874] …
  • … this letter and the letter from T.  N.  Staley, 12 February 1874 . In his article, ‘On the …

From T. N. Staley   12 February 1874

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On the decline of population of the Hawaiian Islands, before advent of Europeans; infanticide, polyandry.

Author:  Thomas Nettleship Staley
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  12 Feb 1874
Classmark:  DAR 89: 188–90
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9286

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  • … From T.  N.  Staley   12 February 1874
  • … See letter to T.  N.  Staley, 13 January [1874] . James Cook had first sighted the …

To G. H. Darwin   25 [October 1874]

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Thanks GHD for clear lecture on heat.

Will keep paper on proportion of sexes, in case GHD wants it again.

Wants him to translate some pages of Swedish or Norwegian sent by A. W. Malm, "a good man".

Glad to see the statistical paper ["Theory of exchange value", Fortn. Rev. n.s. 17 (1875): 243–53].

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  George Howard Darwin
Date:  25 [Oct 1874]
Classmark:  DAR 210.1: 36
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9697

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  • Staley, 13 January [1874] and n.  5. August Wilhelm Malm . The paper may have been Malm …
  • 1874 , George reported on his trip to Abinger Hall and discussed his planned lecture at the Royal Institution of Great Britain . CD probably refers to Staley 1868 ; see letter to T.  N.   …

From ?   [after 14 January 1874]

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Extract from the Honolulu Gazette on the decreasing population of the Sandwich Islands.

Author:  Unidentified
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [after 14 Jan 1874]
Classmark:  DAR 89: 120
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-8794

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  • … letter and the letter to T.  N.  Staley, 13 January [1874] , in which CD seemed unaware of …
  • … Coan (see letter from T.  N.  Staley, 12 February 1874 , and letter from T.  M.  Coan, 14  …

From T. M. Coan   22 June 1874

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Passes on his father’s answer to CD’s query about Hawaiian infanticide.

Author:  Titus Munson Coan
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  22 June 1874
Classmark:  DAR 161: 183
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9506

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  • … see the letter to T.  N.  Staley, 13 January [1874] , and the letter from J.  F.   …
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