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DCP-LETT-6210

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Bernhard Tegetmeier
Date:
26 May 1868
Source of text:
Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection)
Summary:

Did not know of complex change of plumage. From WBT’s letter, CD thinks six weeks to two months old is the best period. Sends details of breeds and other particulars.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-6211

From:
George Cupples
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
26 May 1868
Source of text:
DAR 83: 127–8
Summary:

Refers to letter from John Wright offering to help CD on his queries about deerhounds and sexual preferences.

More details about a terrier bitch previously referred to [letter missing].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-6211F

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Henty
Date:
26 May 1868
Source of text:
Clifford D. Stromberg (private collection)
Summary:

Thanks WH for sending a table about sheep. Wishes to know if the sheep belonged to one or several breeds. Mr Harward, a breeder of shorthorns, has tried M. Thury’s plan, and it failed.

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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