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From W. P. Garrison   9 November 1879

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Thanks CD for his good opinion of his book, What Mr Darwin saw,

and his expressions [concerning W. L. Garrison] "which will be treasured by his children".

Author:  Wendell Phillips Garrison
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  9 Nov 1879
Classmark:  DAR 165: 9
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12302

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  • … letter to R. F. Cooke, 18 November [1879] ). C. R. Darwin 1880 was published in the US by …
  • 1879 . Garrison had sent a copy of his edition of Journal of researches , abridged and rearranged for children ( What Mr. Darwin saw on his voyage round the world ; C. R. …

To W. P. Garrison   16 October 1879

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Sends his thanks for the beautifully illustrated book for children [What Mr Darwin saw]

and for the memorials of William Lloyd Garrison. [See 12248.]

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Wendell Phillips Garrison
Date:  16 Oct 1879
Classmark:  Private collection
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12260A

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  • 1879 . Garrison had sent his abridgement of Journal of researches ( What Mr. Darwin saw on his voyage round the world ; C. R. …

From W. P. Garrison   4 October 1879

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Sends CD his version for children of Journal of researches [What Mr Darwin saw].

During the last illness of his father, William Lloyd Garrison, WPG showed him CD’s passages on slavery.

"In combating the enemies of freedom in this country he [W. L. Garrison] emancipated himself from the theology the destruction of which is perhaps your highest title to the honor of your own time and the blessings of posterity."

Author:  Wendell Phillips Garrison
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  4 Oct 1879
Classmark:  DAR 165: 8
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12248

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  • 1879 ). Philip Gidley King was a midshipman and Robert FitzRoy was commander of HMS Beagle during CD’s five-year voyage. For CD’s strictures on slavery, based on his experiences in Brazil, see Journal of researches 2d ed. , pp. 20–1, 24–5, and 499–500, and C. R. Darwin
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