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From:
Arabella Burton Buckley
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
12 Feb 1876
Source of text:
DAR 160: 365
Summary:

Thanks CD for letter complimenting her book. Responds to his comments on botany and geology in book.

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Arabella Burton Buckley
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
16 Dec 1879
Source of text:
DAR 160: 366
Summary:

On Wallace’s need for a regular income. He has been rejected as Superintendent of Epping Forest. Thinks men such as Lubbock, Hooker, and CD might help.

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Arabella Burton Buckley
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
19 Dec 1879
Source of text:
DAR 160: 367
Summary:

Thanks CD for acting on her suggestion about getting Wallace an income; acknowledges the difficulty. Is not sure Wallace would accept government money for doing nothing in return.

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Arabella Burton Buckley
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
20 Dec 1879
Source of text:
DAR 160: 368
Summary:

Thanks CD for trouble over Wallace, even though success not assured.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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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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From:
Arabella Burton Buckley
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
11 Jan 1881
Source of text:
DAR 160: 369
Summary:

Thanks for news about Wallace memorial; excellent names on it give hope of success.

Mentions Alfred Haddon, an acquaintance of hers who might call on CD.

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Arabella Burton Buckley
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
13 Jan 1881
Source of text:
DAR 160: 371
Summary:

Congratulates CD on success of memorial; agrees he should be the one to tell Wallace.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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