Charles Darwin to Charles Lyell, 1858 June 25

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TitleCharles Darwin to Charles Lyell, 1858 June 25
ASSOCIATED NAMES
CreatorDarwin, Charles, 1809-1882
CONTENT DESCRIPTION
AbstractPrinted, with minor changes: Life and Letters II, 117-18. p. 117, line 5, add: "I shd. not have sent off your letter without further reflexion, for I am at present quite upset, but write now to get subject for time out of mind. But I confess it never did occur to me, as it ought, that [Alfred Russel] Wallace could have made any use of your letter." p. 117, line 12, underline "extremely" once and "now" twice. p. 117, line 21, add: "I do not in least believe that that [sic] he originated his views from anything which I wrote to him." p. 118, line 14, add: CD's baby has scarlet fever; Etty [i.e. Henrietta Emma Darwin Litchfield] is weak but recovering.
LanguageEnglish (eng)
Subject (lcsh) Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882
Subject (lcsh) Lyell, Charles, Sir, 1797-1875
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Formattext
Extent8p.
Digital Origindigitized other analog
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Date Issued1858-06-25
Date Modified2019
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TitleAn Annotated Calendar of the Letters of Charles Darwin in the Library of the American Philosophical Society
Call NumberMss.B.D25
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