Item 24 - Letter from Charles Darwin to William Thompson

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Add. MS b/1/24

Title

Letter from Charles Darwin to William Thompson

Date(s)

  • 1 Mar. 1849 (Creation)

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1 bifolium and one loose sheet.

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Down Farnborough, Kent. Discusses the difference between two genuses of barnacle, Chthamalus and Balanus and mentions specimens sent, and encloses a drawing of the two; has been going through Thompson's collection and finds it admirable. Comments onread more

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Publication note

Published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, ed. Burkhardt et al., vol. 4, and online as letter 1232 of the Darwin Correspondence Project.

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Add.L.b.12.3

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