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From:
Darwin, Emma
To:
Darwin, W. E.
Date:
[12 February 1872]
Source of text:
DAR 219.1: 86
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Contributor:
Darwin Family Letters
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Asks for investment advice.
Thanks for letter [8137]. Finds observation at Stonehenge of depth of mould at different parts of slope "most valuable".
Thanks WED for checking through the proofs of a new [6th] edition of Origin.
Discusses earthworm activity observed in old ploughed fields.
Gives information on recent editions of Lyell’s works.
David Forbes thinks WED’s chalk samples have been penetrated by surface mud.
Asks WED to direct bearer of letter to CD, as he has an address [memorial from men of science to W. E. Gladstone] for him to sign.