- L
- letter
- pc
- postcard
- mem
- memorandum
- T
- telegram
- D
- document (not otherwise described)
- draft
- draft of letter
- C
- copy of letter
- CC
- contemporary copy of letter (e.g., copy kept by
sender)
- trans
- translation of letter (into or from English)
- A
- autograph (half or more of text in sender's
hand)
- (A)
- part autograph (some text, but less than half in
sender's hand)
- S
- signed by sender
- (S)
- signed with sender's name by amanuensis
- ALS
- autograph letter signed by sender
- LS
- letter in hand of amanuensis, signed by sender
- LS(A)
- LS with additions or emendations in sender's hand
- ACCS
- contemporary copy in sender's hand, signed by
sender
- CCS(A)
- contemporary copy signed, with additions in sender's
hand
- (French)
- language of described item
- inc
- incomplete (part of the original document missing)
- damaged
- part of original document destroyed
- †
- annotations by recipient
- †(Lyell)
- annotations by specified person
- ††
- lengthy, numerous or significant annotations by
recipient
- CD note
- separate note by Darwin relating directly to described
item and usually physically associated with it
- Lyell note
- separate note by a specified person relating directly
to described item and usually physically associated with
it
- encl
- enclosure
- cov
- cover or envelope
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