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DCP-LETT-5047

From:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[6 Apr 1866]
Source of text:
DAR 102: 69–70
Summary:

Reference to description of Begonia phyllomaniaca.

Thanks for the explicit account of Pangenesis. Thinks he now follows CD’s ideas but Pangenesis is very difficult and speculative.

Oliver has lost his little girl.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Herschel12790

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
O. A. Hodgson
Date:
[6 April 1866]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0195; Reel 1054
Summary:

As executor for estate of late [Thomas] Baldwin, JH received OH's certificate and order for payment to Mrs. Baldwin. Concern for Mrs. Baldwin's advanced age and her lax method of writing checks. Disposition of estate after Mrs. Baldwin dies.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2585

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Selwyn
Date:
[6 April 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.151
Summary:

Helioautographs are beautiful. Advises keeping original plan for presentation. Says 'Clarke's' [Harvey Carlisle's] article on William Whewell in MacMillan's is satisfactory. Describes an 'absurd paragraph' regarding Whewell in François Moigno's Mondes.

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John Herschel Project
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