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To G. E. Paget   1 August 1874

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Apologises for delay, but is away from home; has sent telegraph.

Francis Darwin is abroad on his honeymoon and unable to respond to GEP’s offer of a medical position.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  George Edward Paget
Date:  1 Aug 1874
Classmark:  Cambridge University Library (Ms Add. 10379)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9580F

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  • Francis Darwin is not known. He had trained in medicine but was employed as CD’s secretary. He married Amy Ruck on 23 July 1874 (Emma Darwins diary (DAR 242)). Probably Laura Russell (Lady Arthur Russell), the wife

From G. H. Darwin   6 February 1874

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Finds statistical evidence that cousin marriages are at least three times as frequent in "our rank" as in the lower.

Author:  George Howard Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  6 Feb 1874
Classmark:  DAR 210.2: 33
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9268

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  • Darwin 1875a , pp.  165–9). Richard Strachey . Francis Galton . George refers to Elinor Colvile (the wife

From Leonard Darwin to Emma Darwin   [after 26 June – 28 September 1874]

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Describes voyage to New Zealand.

Author:  Leonard Darwin
Addressee:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:  [after 26 June – 28 Sept 1874]
Classmark:  DAR 239.1: 2
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9517F

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  • wife of Thomas Douglas , was the daughter of Henry John Chitty Harper , bishop of Christchurch, who had fifteen children. Her brother Gerald Samuel Harper was studying medicine at St George’s Hospital, London, with Francis Darwin . …