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- 1893-1896 (Creation)
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3 folded sheets, 1 sheet, 1 card
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Gift of Lady Keynes, July 1971.
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Three letters from H. M. Butler, two from John Venn, and one from William Aldis Wright.
H. M. Butler asks if Darwin would consider contributing to the purchase price of the original MS of "Poems by Two Brothers" by Charles and Alfred Tennyson in a letter dated 13 Dec. 1893. Darwin is asked to contribute to the purchase of something else [a medal?] in May 1896 and is thanked later that week, with the suggestion that his great-great grandson donate Darwin's medal to the Library. A letter from William Aldis Wright (9 May 1896) suggests that Darwin's emissary wait until he is a Fellow to cycle down the Avenue at Trinity.
Two letters from John Venn refer to the provenance of astrolabes and one letter dated 25 Dec. 1895 refers to something that happened the week before that has made him feel he is in a nightmare.
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- Butler, Henry Montagu (1833-1918), college head (Subject)
- Venn, John (1834-1923), philosopher and antiquary (Subject)
- Wright, William Aldis (1831-1914), literary and biblical scholar (Subject)
- Tennyson, Alfred (1809-1892), 1st Baron Tennyson, poet (Subject)
- Turner, Charles (1808-1879), poet (Subject)