Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 235, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 October 1915 — Darwin Relics. [ARTICLE]

Darwin Relics.

The late William Erasmus Darwin, who was a son of Charles Darwin, recently left a number of relics of his famous father to his nephew, with the request that they be kept nently in the possession of the Darwin’family. These relics, include the family portraits, many medals that had been presented to his father, the letter written home by him while on the “Beagle” expedition and two early sketches of “The Origin of Species.” —Scientific American.