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DCP-LETT-5318

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Philip Lutley Sclater
Date:
24 Dec [1866]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.324)
Summary:

Encloses a portion of a letter from B. D. Walsh [5319] concerning an American interested in exchanging birds’ skins.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-5320

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Benjamin Dann Walsh
Date:
24 Dec [1866]
Source of text:
Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago (Walsh 8)
Summary:

Balbiani’s puzzling observations on Aphis.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-5321

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
24 Dec [1866]
Source of text:
DAR 115: 309, 309b
Summary:

Has finished Variation. May insert a chapter on man.

Still puzzled by seeds of Adenanthera.

New Zealand and Borneo flora problems continued.

Fritz Müller found six genera of dimorphic plants in one day.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-5322

From:
John Murray
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
24 Dec [1866]
Source of text:
DAR 171: 341
Summary:

Two parcels of MS [of Variation] have arrived. Will proceed with printing immediately after Christmas.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-5323

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Turner
Date:
24 [Dec 1866]
Source of text:
DAR 148: 152
Summary:

Thanks WT for information about rudimentary parts in man.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

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From:
Adolphe Quetelet
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 December 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.265
Summary:

Expresses good wishes for JH. Talks about aging. Notes JH's interest in poetry. Thanks for 'Of the Estimation of Skill in Targetshooting.' Has given it to [Edouard] Mailley for translation and printing in annual bulletin of Brussels observatory. Asks if JH wishes to be named as author.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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