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DCP-LETT-13770H

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Allport Leighton
Date:
[1840–77?]
Source of text:
Estate of the late Mr D. Evans (private collection)
Summary:

Valediction only of a letter stuck into a writing case.

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Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-548A

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Walton
Date:
[1840–2]
Source of text:
Walton 1844 , pp. 43–4
Summary:

Comments on the quality of the meat of the guanaco.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-548B

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Walton
Date:
[1840–2]
Source of text:
Walton 1844 , pp. 50–1
Summary:

Describes the range of conditions under which the guanaco thrives and the ease with which it can be tamed.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-548C

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Edward Gray
Date:
1 Jan [1840]
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, Library and Archives (General Library, J. E. Gray Miscellaneous papers vol. 1: f.118)
Summary:

Testimonial in behalf of JEG’s application for the position of keeper of the zoological department of the British Museum from which John George Children was about to resign.

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