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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
George Howard Darwin
Date:
5 May [1879]
Source of text:
DAR 210.1: 79
Summary:

Asks GHD to look for a life of Sir Henry Rayburn [Raeburn] "who is spoken of as famous and who painted Charles Darwin [1758–1778] when dead". Asks why he painted the corpse.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
George Howard Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
5 May 1879
Source of text:
DAR 210.2: 75
Summary:

Sends CD an article on Dr Erasmus Darwin [from Monthly Magazine, see 12028].

Tells of a "discovery" he has made about taking observations of the sun. Does not know yet whether it is new.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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