Thanks CD for a copy of Erasmus Darwin.
Thanks CD for a copy of Erasmus Darwin.
Encloses a cheque to the Down Coal and Clothing Club.
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Has instructed his publisher to send copies of Erasmus Darwin to herself, her sister Emma Sophia Galton, and their half-cousin, Emma Nixon.
On behalf of her sister Violetta, who is ill, thanks CD for copy of Erasmus Darwin.
ED asks MCS (Lady Derby) if Lord Derby would consider signing petitions from Mr Olmsted.
Thanks for copy of Erasmus Darwin. The refutation of Miss Seward is admirable and conclusive.
Thanks for book [Erasmus Darwin].
Thanks CD on behalf of herself and sister [E. A. Wheler] for the gift of Erasmus Darwin. Comments to amplify parts of it.
Praises CD’s biography of Erasmus Darwin;
asks CD to answer some queries he is circulating. Is particularly interested in "visualizing faculty" in CD and Dr Darwin.
Thanks for copy of Erasmus Darwin. Has wished that justice be done to Dr Darwin’s originality and his anticipation of some modern scientific theories.
Does CD believe in the "Word of the Lord", i.e., Genesis?
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Thanks CD for a copy of Erasmus Darwin.
Returns completed questionnaire concerning visualising faculty [see LL 3: 177–9]. Thinks age important. Recalls faces of school friends but cannot remember those of people recently met.
Comments on his part [of Erasmus Darwin].
Thanks for English edition [of Erasmus Darwin]. John Murray has not answered letters of German publisher. Questions CD about persons mentioned in book, in order to annotate German edition.
Returns the memorial, signed, expressing concern about proposed renovations at St Mark’s in Venice.
Thanks for Erasmus Darwin.