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From:
Thomas Campbell Eyton
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
26 Jan [1869]
Source of text:
DAR 86: A51
Summary:

On development of horns in fawns of fallow deer.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
Julius Haast
Date:
26 January 1869
Source of text:
MS papers 37, folder 208, no. 578, Haast family papers, Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
From:
Henry W. Field
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 January 1869]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0196; Reel 1087
Summary:

Lists dates in 1851 on which steps were taken in appointment of Charles Sterry as HF's assistant assayer. HF is still under accusation.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury
To:
LC Alexander
Date:
26 January 1869
Source of text:
MM/21/102, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society
From:
Robert Main
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 January 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.283
Summary:

Offers to send on to JH any notices of double star observations that he receives.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
William Chester Tait
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
26 Jan 1869
Source of text:
DAR 178: 43
Summary:

Believes Portuguese habit of removing tails of pointers is responsible for birth of some tailless dogs.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
William Benjamin Carpenter
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 January 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.197
Summary:

Thanks for his kind letter. Is surprised that the formation of flint attracted him. Comments on this and similar matters.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project