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Charles Darwin

A revolutionary evolutionary turns sixty-eight: “My most sincere thanks for ... congratulations on my birth-day”

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A revolutionary evolutionary turns sixty-eight: “My most sincere thanks for ... congratulations on my birth-day”

ALS, one page, 5 x 8, personal letterhead, February 14, 1877. In full: “I request that you will be so good as to return to the Members of your Anthropological Society my most sincere thanks for their congratulations on my birth-day, just received by telegram. I can assure you that I feel very deeply the honor thus conferred on me.” In fine condition, with usual mailing folds and a faint paperclip impression to upper left corner. COA John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and R&R COA.

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  • Dates: #308 - Ended April 19, 2006