Letters and documents related to Charles Ben Darwin, 1853-1947.

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Letters and documents related to Charles Ben Darwin, 1853-1947.

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Group of letters and documents by and related to Charles Ben Darwin. Includes a poem by Darwin written "for Kate Snyder's album" (1853), a letter from W.H.L. Barnes referring to Darwin's defense of Martha Wilson (1885), a letter from Samuel Morgan Shortridge to Darwin asking for a recommendation to the General Land Office in the Arizona Territory (1889), 2 letters of recommendation for Darwin to the Iowa Delegation at Washington, a letter from Anna Darwin describing some Darwin family genealogy, and a letter from W. Kellogg to Darwin's widow Mary regarding the moving of remains from Old Laurel Hill cemetery in San Francisco (1947).

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Shortridge, Samuel Morgan, 1861-

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Shortridge was a U.S. senator from California, and McClellan was chair of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. From the description of Letter : Washington D.C., to R[euben] F. McClellan, Los Angeles (Calif.), 1925 Feb. 24. (Natural History Museum Foundation, Los Angeles County). WorldCat record id: 24038442 ...

Darwin, Charles Ben, 1822-1901

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Charles Robert Darwin (1809-1882) was the grandson of Erasmus Darwin of Lichfield and Josiah Wedgwood. He entered the University of Edinburgh in 1825 to study medicine, intending to follow his father Robert's career as a doctor. However, Darwin found himself unenthusiastic about his studies, including that of geology, and left Edinburgh without graduating in 1827. Forming the intention of entering the church, Darwin came up to Cambridge in 1828, and though not finding the formal studies any more...

Barnes, William Henry Linow, 1836-1902

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