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DCP-LETT-9787

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
28 Dec 1874
Source of text:
DAR 106: C17–18
Summary:

JT had not known Lady Lubbock was ill. Will try to persuade her [to change physicians]. Agrees Andrew Clark is best.

Hooker has survived his crisis [death of his wife].

St G. J. Mivart’s act is a natural outflow of his character.

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DCP-LETT-9788

From:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
29 Dec 1874
Source of text:
DAR 103: 243–4
Summary:

Explains that his letter had to do with how he should act publicly to Mivart if he retracted. He would not forgive him. If he does not retract, it would no longer be possible to keep him Secretary of the Linnean Society.

Drosophyllum will be sent when weather permits.

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WCP1963

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
6 December 1874
Source of text:
  • Cambridge University Library: DAR 106: B120
  • British Library, The: BL Add. 46434 f. 256
  • Wallace Family Collection (private collection)
  • Marchant, J. (Ed.). (1916). In: Alfred Russel Wallace; Letters and Reminiscences. Vol. 1. London & New York: Cassell & Co. [p. 284]
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-9740

From:
Mary Lua Adelia (Mary) Davis; Mary Lua Adelia (Mary) Treat
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
2 Dec 1874
Source of text:
DAR 58.1: 109–10
Summary:

Observations on the insects captured by Utricularia.

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DCP-LETT-9782

From:
Dorothy Fanny Walpole; Dorothy Fanny Nevill
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
26 [Dec 1874]
Source of text:
DAR 172: 23
Summary:

Would like to know the results of CD’s Utricularia experiments.

A Brazilian love-bird, escaped from captivity, has been found in a robin’s nest, apparently starved to death along with three young robins.

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