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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Nettleship Staley
Date:
13 Jan [1874]
Source of text:
The Hawaiian Historical Society (MS B St1)
Summary:

Has read TNS’s article ["On the geography and recent volcanic eruption of the Sandwich Islands", J. R. Geogr. Soc. 38 (1868): 361–9].

Asks for information on decline in population and infanticide in the Sandwich Islands. Seeks corroboration of A. Bishop’s reports.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Thomas Nettleship Staley
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
12 Feb 1874
Source of text:
DAR 89: 188–90
Summary:

On the decline of population of the Hawaiian Islands, before advent of Europeans; infanticide, polyandry.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Thomas Nettleship Staley
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
20 Feb 1874
Source of text:
DAR 89: 191–4
Summary:

General observations on the native Hawaiian population.

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Thomas Nettleship Staley
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
25 Feb [1874]
Source of text:
DAR 89: 195–6
Summary:

Introduction of tropical fruits in Hawaiian Islands.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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