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DCP-LETT-6743

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
George Bentham
Date:
10 May [1869]
Source of text:
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Bentham Correspondence, Vol. 3, Daintree–Dyer, 1830–1884, GEB/1/3: f. 680)
Summary:

Sends a letter (and seeds) from Fritz Müller about a strange monstrous form of Begonia found wild in Brazil. Asks GB whether it is worth communicating to Linnean Society.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-6744

From:
George Bentham
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
10 May 1869
Source of text:
DAR 160: 163
Summary:

Will have Fritz Müller’s letter ["On the modification of the stamens in a species of Begonia", J. Linn. Soc. Lond. (Bot.) 11 (1871): 472–4] read at next Linnean Society meeting [read 3 June 1869].

Has given the seeds to Daniel Oliver.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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WCP1346

From:
Robert Chambers
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
10 May 1869
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/8/158
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-6745

From:
John Hellins
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
10 May 1869
Source of text:
DAR 166: 138
Summary:

Notes sex ratios in Lepidoptera he is breeding.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-6741

From:
Louis Rérolle
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
10 May 1869
Source of text:
DAR 176: 130
Summary:

French translation of Orchids will be published by Reinwald. Asks for CD’s new footnotes to be sent.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-6742

From:
William Chester Tait
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
10 May 1869
Source of text:
DAR 58.1: 19–20, DAR 178: 47
Summary:

Development of the horns of local sheep.

Results of breeding tailless pointers: of six puppies, three had stumps like parents.

Observations on Drosophyllum.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel6430

From:
William Benjamin Carpenter
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 May 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.198
Summary:

Is glad he is reconsidering the question of temperature. Regarding the deep sea thermometers.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7217

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Augustus De Morgan
Date:
[11 May 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.258
Summary:

On AD's and JH's illnesses; asks AD about Latin verses of the medieval period.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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WCP1295

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Frances ("Fanny") Sims (née Wallace)
Date:
12 May [1869]
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/3/110
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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FVM-69-05-13

From:
George Bentham
To:
Ferdinand von Mueller
Date:
13 May 1869
Source of text:
RB MSS M4, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project

DCP-LETT-6746

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Jenner Weir
Date:
13 May [1869]
Source of text:
DAR 148: 321
Summary:

Comments on paper by JJW ["On insects and insectivorous birds", Trans. R. Entomol. Soc. Lond. (1869): 21–6]. JJW’s verification of A. R. Wallace’s suggestion regarding inheritance is quite a discovery.

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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FVM-69-05-14

From:
Joseph Hooker
To:
Ferdinand von Mueller
Date:
14 May 1869
Source of text:
Box 6, item 4, Royal Historical Society of Victoria, Melbourne.Letter not found
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project

Herschel7219

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 May 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.405b
Summary:

Regarding middle Latin poets and similar English ones. Hopes JH's health improves with the advent of Spring.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-6747

From:
John Beck
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
15 May 1869
Source of text:
DAR 160: 104
Summary:

Sends his MS "The real presence" [on transubstantiation] for CD’s comments.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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FL-0454

From:
Darwin, Emma
To:
Darwin, W. E.
Date:
[15 May 1869?]
Source of text:
DAR 219.1: 85
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Darwin Family Letters

DCP-LETT-13781

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Bowman, 1st baronet
Date:
16 May [1869-81]
Source of text:
George Houle Autographs (dealer) (Catalogue 61, March 1992)
Summary:

"I shall not be in London on Monday, but I have written to my Brother to ask him to aid you"

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-6748

From:
George Maw
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
17 May 1869
Source of text:
DAR 171: 105
Summary:

He is managing to salvage a few Andalusian Drosophyllum plants from the voyage and will send some to CD.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel4927

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 May 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.315 (C: RGO 6.695.495)
Summary:

Concerning JH's Mahomet's coffin theory.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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FVM-M69-05-18

From:
Ludwig von Golther
To:
Eduard von Schmidlin
Date:
18 May 1869
Source of text:
Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, Stuttgart
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
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FVM-69-05-19

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
George Bentham
Date:
19 May 1869
Source of text:
RBG Kew, Kew correspondence, Australia, Mueller, 1858-70, f. 383
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
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