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DAR - Charles Darwin Papers
- 1 - Charles Darwin Correspondence
  - 1 - Letters from Charles Darwin to John Stevens Henslow

Ref No	DAR/1/1/22
Title	Letter from Charles Darwin, Valparaiso, to John Stevens Henslow
Description	Darwin is very happy to have received two letters from Henslow giving high opinion to his collections. He discusses his notes and some new discoveries and gives a summary of events since leaving Falklands. He gives details of the Geology of Patagonia and notes that the Corallines at Tierra del Fuego have convinced him of the artificiality of arrangement of their families by Lamarck and Cuvier. Darwin also mentions that he went on a Geological expedition in the Andes, although it ended with serious illness. There are also details of further specimens being sent.
Date	24 July-7 Nov 1834
Collection Title	Charles Darwin Papers
Level	Item
Extent	1 letter of 10 folios

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