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DCP-LETT-729

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
[11 Jan 1844]
Source of text:
DAR 114: 3
Summary:

Queries on ratios of species to genera on southern islands. CD’s observations on distribution of Galapagos organisms, and on S. American fossils, and facts he has gathered since, lead him to conclusion that species are not immutable; "it is like confessing a murder".

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-733

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
[27 Jan 1844]
Source of text:
DAR 114: 4
Summary:

C. G. Ehrenberg would like some earth from Galapagos, Tierra del Fuego, and the Falklands; wishes to hunt for Infusoria.

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-734

From:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
29 Jan 1844
Source of text:
DAR 100: 5–7
Summary:

Remarks on geographical divisions of the flora of the Southern Hemisphere.

JDH beginning Galapagos plants. Value of studying insular floras with respect to inquiries about adaptation of species.

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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KEMP49

From:
Thomas Walker
To:
William Kemp
Date:
[before 11 Jan 1844?]
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library (MS Add. 10252/28)
Summary:

Longing for a letter from WK. Describes various excurions through Fife.

Contributor:
Ruth Cramond
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KEMP50

From:
John Younger
To:
William Kemp
Date:
11 Jan 1844
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library (MS Add. 10252/30)
Summary:

Responds to WK’s article ‘The latest Geological changes in the south of Scotland’ (Kemp 1843).

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Ruth Cramond
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KEMP51

From:
Thomas Walker
To:
William Kemp
Date:
20 Jan 1844
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library (MS Add. 10252/31)
Summary:

Describes the fire at the gas works in Cupar.

Has been on visit with Hugh Miller to Dura Den.

Contributor:
Ruth Cramond
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