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Letter from Charles Darwin to [H. W. Bates], 12951

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Darwin informs Henry Walter Bates of arrangements for signing the memorial to W. E. Gladstone [for a civil pension for Wallace]. Darwin has got Duke o
Show moreDarwin informs Henry Walter Bates of arrangements for signing the memorial to W. E. Gladstone [for a civil pension for Wallace]. Darwin has got Duke of Argyll to write to Gladstone in favor of it. Letter from Down, Beckenham, Kent. Transcription: "Private Huxley thinks that the Presidents had better sign in a body, so that the memorial shall be sent to you afterwards for your signature with an envelope addressed to Sir J. [], if you will forward it without delay- C.D. As I do not know [] [] I have not enclosed an envelope: would you write outside the envelope "To be forwarded if not at home"; for it is important that the [] it? read me [] before Parliament meets- I have got the Duke of [] to write a private letter to me G. in form of the []."
The Robert M. Stecher Collection of Charles Darwin Books and Manuscripts
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Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882

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