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DCP-LETT-9236F

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Walter Besant
Date:
10 Jan [1872-4]
Source of text:
eBay UK: worthpoint.com/worthopedia/emma-darwin-original-letter-1871-286171432, accessed 30 January 2020
Summary:

Refuses an invitation on the grounds of ill-health.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-8144

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Lucy Caroline Wedgwood; Lucy Caroline Harrison
Date:
5 Jan [1872]
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library (Add 4251: 331)
Summary:

Asks her to probe worm-holes on grassy slopes with a knitting needle to ascertain whether they come out at right angles to the slope or to the horizon.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-8146

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Mary Lua Adelia (Mary) Davis; Mary Lua Adelia (Mary) Treat
Date:
5 Jan 1872
Source of text:
Amy Nagashima (private collection)
Summary:

Praises MT’s observations and asks her to repeat experiments on the the relation of sexes of butterflies to the nutrition of the larvae.

Is glad she will publish her observations on Drosera.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-8161A

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Caroline Honoria Campbell; Caroline Honoria Morris
Date:
16 Jan [1872]
Source of text:
UCL Library Services, Special Collections (Tipped into Journal of researches (1860) R920 DAR)
Summary:

Is sending the requested photograph.

Mr Murray will send a copy of CD’s Journal of researches to L. S. Bouton [see 8107a].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-8169

From:
Lucy Caroline Wedgwood; Lucy Caroline Harrison
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
20 Jan [1872]
Source of text:
DAR 94: 1b
Summary:

Gives results of probing worm-holes with wire.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-8171

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Lucy Caroline Wedgwood; Lucy Caroline Harrison
Date:
21 Jan [1872]
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library (Add 4251: 332)
Summary:

Thanks for observations on angles of worm-holes on slopes. William Darwin is observing at Stonehenge. She is worth her weight in gold.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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