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DCP-LETT-801

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Darwin Fox
Date:
20 Dec [1844]
Source of text:
Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 70)
Summary:

Tells of his father’s ill health.

Discusses mesmerism and Harriet Martineau’s recovery. If animals could be put into a stupor, he would be convinced. Suggests WDF have some mesmeriser attempt it with cats.

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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WCP1264

From:
Frances ("Fanny") Sims (née Wallace)
To:
Mary Ann Wallace (née Greenell)
Date:
20 December 1844
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/3/92/8
Summary:

Locals invite us over, desire to socialize with English people. Elegant styles, fashions, homes, but tell us “20 years ago this place was thick forest inhabited only by native Indians.” Visitors don’t walk much here; travel in the area via horseback or carriages, though roads very bad.

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Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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