Autograph letter signed : [London], to the botanist, John Stevens Henslow, [1839 Nov.] "Sunday Evening".

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Autograph letter signed : [London], to the botanist, John Stevens Henslow, [1839 Nov.] "Sunday Evening".

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Concerning the description of plants from the Galapagos Islands and Tierra del Fuego, and adding, "I keep on steadily collecting every sort of fact, which may throw light on the origin & variation of species".

1 item (4 p.) ; 23.3 cm.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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Henslow, J. S. (John Stevens), 1796-1861

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Heineman, Hettie, 1890-1974

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Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882

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