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DCP-LETT-12368F

From:
Robert Walker Dixon
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[after 20 Dec 1879]
Source of text:
DAR 218: D1
Summary:

Three letters from Erasmus Darwin to Dixon’s great-grandfather, transcribed by Dixon. Enclosure to a missing letter.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-12369

From:
Robert Arthur Job
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
23 Dec 1879
Source of text:
DAR 168: 64
Summary:

RAJ is the son of cousins and wishes to marry his cousin. Is anxious for information on consanguineous marriages and on the advisability of his proposed marriage.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-12370

From:
James Torbitt
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
25 Dec 1879
Source of text:
DAR 178: 159
Summary:

Reports that Phylloxera-resistant vines have been found in an infected region of Portugal.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-12371

From:
Charles Eugene Ferguson
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
27 Dec 1879
Source of text:
DAR 201: 10
Summary:

Asks for a list of books on evolution relating to man.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-12373

From:
Michele Lessona
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
28 Dec 1879
Source of text:
DAR 170: 2
Summary:

The Academy of Sciences of Turin has awarded CD a 12000 franc prize for his work during the past four years.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-12374

From:
Anthony Rich
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
28 Dec 1879
Source of text:
DAR 176: 140
Summary:

New Year greetings.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-12375

From:
Antonio Mendola
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
29 Dec 1879
Source of text:
DAR 171: 150
Summary:

Reports from an Italian baron that a calf’s horn that was buried in a field set roots; mule’s hairs incubated in water come alive.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-12376

From:
Emil Witte
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
29 Dec 1879
Source of text:
DAR 181: 134
Summary:

Relates case of selective immunity to rinderpest.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-12376A

From:
Ercole Ricotti
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
29 Dec 1879
Source of text:
DAR 230: 78
Summary:

CD awarded a prize of 12,000 lire in recognition of his recent research on plant physiology.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-12378

From:
William Mackmurdo Hacon
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
31 Dec 1879
Source of text:
DAR 166: 26
Summary:

WMH’s agent is coming to Down for CD to sign transfer of £5000 North Eastern Railway stocks. Horace is coming to his office to execute the marriage-settlement.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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WCP5307

From:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
18 December 1879
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library: DAR 104: 136-7
Summary:

Hooker argues against Darwin's suggestion that ARW receive a government pension.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP6777

From:
Arabella Burton Fisher (née Buckley)
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
16 December 1879
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library: DAR 160: 366
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP7128

From:
Arabella Burton Fisher (née Buckley)
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
20 December 1879
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library: DAR 160: 368
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP7139

From:
Arabella Burton Fisher (née Buckley)
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
19 December 1879
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library: DAR 160: 367
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-12348

From:
Emma Gisborne; Emma Nixon
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
10 Dec 1879
Source of text:
DAR 99: 189–90
Summary:

Thanks for Erasmus Darwin.

Violetta Darwin is near death.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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