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DCP-LETT-13808

From:
William Darwin Fox
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[before 1 Mar 1866]
Source of text:
DAR 164: 205
Summary:

Would much like to see Dr Birchfield appointed superintendent of the new asylum at Woking.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-5022

From:
Maxwell Tylden Masters
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
Mar 1866
Source of text:
DAR 171: 74
Summary:

As Honorary Secretary of the Botanical Congress he asks that CD’s name be listed as a member of its committee.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-5023

From:
Frederick Smith
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
Mar 1866
Source of text:
DAR 177: 197
Summary:

Discusses the stinging habits of wasps and bees and whether or not they leave their sting in the wound.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-5024

From:
Charles Lyell, 1st baronet
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
1 Mar 1866
Source of text:
DAR 91: 89–90
Summary:

Feels sure that at times the globe must have been superficially cooler. Believes CD will turn out right with regard to migration across the equator via mountain chains, while the tropical heat of certain lowlands was retained.

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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