Erasmus Darwin [ Science / Art and Literature / Philosophy ]
… to a man he admired so much but did not know where to send his letters to him, so he just wrote ‘Doctor Franklin, America’ on the envelope. 5 The letter reached its recipient who replied to Darwin. The two men had the chance to meet face to face when Franklin travelled to England. Darwin invited his American friend to join the Lunar Society, hoping to make it international: the sociability of revolution may have been a …
Abolition | Affection | Community | Correspondence | Lunar society | Social Contract
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