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DCP-LETT-3727

From:
Philip Gidley King
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
16 Sept 1862
Source of text:
DAR 169: 26
Summary:

PGK’s brother is coming to England and will call on CD.

He is impressed but not absolutely convinced by the Origin.

Raises a question about which CD wrote years ago: why do sheep degenerate in Australia, necessitating periodic importation?

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DCP-LETT-3809

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Philip Gidley King
Date:
16 Nov [1862]
Source of text:
Mitchell Library, Sydney (MLMSS 3447/2 Item 3)
Summary:

J. C. Wickham, B. J. Sulivan, and Arthur Mellersh visited a fortnight ago.

Oldest son [William] now a banker.

Sends photograph.

Health too bad to see anyone at present. Rarely sees FitzRoy.

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