RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1927. [Letters to G. Cupples, 1874 and unrecorded letter to the Secretary of the British Association, 1855]. Maggs Bros. Autograph letters: historical documents…no. 497. London, p. 83.
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed and edited by John van Wyhe 11.2023. RN1
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Darwin attended the meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science in Glasgow from 12 to 18 September 1855. He was a vice-president of section C (geology). Darwin and Emma left Down on 10 September, and Darwin returned on 22 September via Shrewsbury where he visited his sisters. Journal CUL-DAR158.
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2167 DARWIN (CHARLES, 1809-1882). Famous Naturalist and Author.
LETTER SIGNED, WITH FIVE LINES AUTOGRAPH (THE BODY OF THE LETTER BEING IN THE HANDWRITING OF MRS. DARWIN) TO G. CUPPLES.
3 pp., 8vo. Beckenham, Kent, 5th February, 1874. With envelope. £2 2s
An interesting letter in the hand of Darwin's wife, who, owing to the ill-health from which her husband suffered during the latter years of his life, was frequently obliged to act as his secretary; seeking for information concerning the habits of common greyhounds and describing his dog "Bran''— "one of my sons…heard some boys ask whether he was a dog or a monkey."
2168 DARWIN (CHARLES).
AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED TO THE SECRETARY OF THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION.
I page, 8vo. Kent, 8th September, N.Y. 15s [1855]
[unrecorded letter]
"...I beg leave to state that I shall attend the British Association at Glasgow."
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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