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DCP-LETT-12735

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
George King
Date:
2 Oct 1880
Source of text:
DAR 146: 18
Summary:

Glad GK will come. But cannot talk long to anyone.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-12745

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Katherine Elizabeth Sophy (Sophy) Wedgwood
Date:
8 Oct [1880]
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library (MS Add 4251: 335)
Summary:

Asks her to look for worm-castings in heath. Thinks heath conditions may be unfavourable. CD is sure Lucy would look with her, from her well-known affection for worms. Asks what sort of lantern Lucy used.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-12746

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
George Howard Darwin
Date:
[before 9 Oct 1880]
Source of text:
DAR 210.1: 97
Summary:

Discusses how fruits of lime-trees arranged themselves in a ripple-like way on a flooded walk.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-12759

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Baxter, Payne, and Lepper
Date:
14 Oct 1880
Source of text:
DAR 202: 29
Summary:

Questions BP & Co. on notices requesting the payment of rent charges.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-12775

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Samuel Tolver Preston
Date:
25 Oct 1880
Source of text:
DAR 147: 251
Summary:

Comments on STP’s article on women ["Evolution and female education", Nature 22 (1880): 485–6].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-12780

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
James Torbitt
Date:
29 Oct 1880
Source of text:
DAR 148: 123
Summary:

"Your secret shall be inviolable, and to make sure in case of my illness or death I have now burnt your letter."

Wishes JT success in commercial venture.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-12785

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Arabella Burton Buckley
Date:
31 Oct [1880]
Source of text:
DAR 143: 182
Summary:

Has talked to Lubbock and Huxley about pension for Wallace. Asks for help in getting information about Wallace’s circumstances.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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