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DCP-LETT-12689

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Arabella Burton Buckley
Date:
16 Aug [1880]
Source of text:
University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center (Joseph Halle Schaffner collection, box 1, folder 2)
Summary:

Believes A. S. Packard is in error on some points. Refers to his own observations on slave-making ants in Origin.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-12785

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Arabella Burton Buckley
Date:
31 Oct [1880]
Source of text:
DAR 143: 182
Summary:

Has talked to Lubbock and Huxley about pension for Wallace. Asks for help in getting information about Wallace’s circumstances.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-12802

From:
Arabella Burton Buckley
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
7 Nov 1880
Source of text:
DAR 160: 370
Summary:

Has spoken to Wallace to see if reluctant to accept a Government pension. He would accept if CD and Huxley believe it justified. Encloses details of Wallace’s efforts to obtain a position as naturalist and his claims for a pension.

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-12806

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Arabella Burton Buckley
Date:
9 Nov 1880
Source of text:
DAR 143: 183
Summary:

Thanks for information about Wallace. Is preparing memorial to be submitted to Government [seeking pension for Wallace].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-12818

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Arabella Burton Buckley
Date:
14 Nov 1880
Source of text:
DAR 143: 184
Summary:

Comments on her new book [Life and her children (1880)]. "… you have treated evolution with much dexterity and truthfulness".

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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