Letter, from Charles Robert Darwin to Sir John Herschel, dated at Down
Reference number: HS/6/17
Date: 23 May 1861
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Autograph letter signed by sender. Is grateful for the present of John Frederick William Herschel's Physical Geography. Is pleased also with John Frederick William Herschel's note on his own book on species. Comments on some of the theories expressed in this work.
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- HS/6/17
- Earliest possible date
- 23 May 1861
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- 4 pages
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- Manuscript
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Charles Robert Darwin
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Charles Robert Darwin, Charles Robert Darwin, Letter, from Charles Robert Darwin to Sir John Herschel, dated at Down, 23 May 1861, HS/6/17, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_6_17/letter-from-charles-robert-darwin-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-down, accessed on 20 January 2026
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
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