RECORD: Bates, Henry Walter to Francis Darwin. 1882.05.25. CUL-DAR198.9. (John van Wyhe ed., 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed and edited by John van Wyhe 2.2026. RN1
NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library. The folder CUL-DAR198 contains letters, mostly to Francis Darwin, regarding his appeals for letters from Darwin in order to create Life and letters (1887).
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ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY
1, Savile Row,
Burlington Gardens, W.
May 25 1882
Dear Mr Darwin
I am pleased to hear that there is a probability of your undertaking a life of your father. There will be no lack of voices to urge you on, as the advantages
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of its being done by members of the family are so manifest. I will look out the letters; some of them are long & full of matter of more than individual interest But it will take me
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some days
Yours sincerely
H W BatesCitation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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