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From:
James Murdoch (James) Geikie
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
15 July 1880
Source of text:
DAR 165: 30
Summary:

Wishes to publish CD’s explanation of positions of stones in certain gravelly drifts in a forthcoming book [Prehistoric Europe (1881)].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
James Murdoch (James) Geikie
Date:
19 July 1880
Source of text:
DAR 144: 332
Summary:

Gives permission to use letter [10676].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
James Murdoch (James) Geikie
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
22 July 1880
Source of text:
DAR 165: 31
Summary:

Thanks for permission to use CD’s letter.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
James Murdoch (James) Geikie
Date:
27 Nov 1880
Source of text:
DAR 144: 333
Summary:

Thanks JG for his magnificent book [Prehistoric Europe].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
James Murdoch (James) Geikie
Date:
13 Dec 1880
Source of text:
DAR 144: 334
Summary:

Comments on Prehistoric Europe.

Asks JG’s opinion of Daniel Mackintosh’s paper ["Results of a systematic survey of erratic blocks", Q. J. Geol. Soc. Lond. 35 (1879): 425–53].

Comments on loess.

Feels uneasy about streams of stone of Falkland Islands.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
James Murdoch (James) Geikie
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
20 Dec 1880
Source of text:
DAR 165: 32
Summary:

Discusses Prehistoric Europe; establishing the existence of interglacial periods; iceberg vs glacier transport of erratic boulders.

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
James Murdoch (James) Geikie
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
10 Oct 1881
Source of text:
DAR 165: 33
Summary:

Thanks for Earthworms.

Terraces on the Cheviot Hills.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
James Murdoch (James) Geikie
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
15 Dec 1881
Source of text:
DAR 202: 103
Summary:

Seeks a testimonial for the Chair of Geology at Edinburgh.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
James Murdoch (James) Geikie
Date:
[after 15 Dec 1881]
Source of text:
DAR 202: 103v
Summary:

Testimonial letter stating his belief in JG’s suitability for the Chair of Geology at Edinburgh.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
James Murdoch (James) Geikie
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
19 Dec 1881
Source of text:
DAR 165: 34
Summary:

Thanks CD for his support.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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