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DCP-LETT-7545

From:
John James Aubertin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
4 Mar 1871
Source of text:
DAR 159: 126
Summary:

Thanks for letter and invitation to come to Down.

Sorry about CD’s bad health; Brazilian climate has improved his own.

Sorry to hear Miss Butler is dead.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Herschel14727

From:
George Griffith
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 March 1871]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0921.6; Reel 1083
Summary:

Announces business meeting of Council on 11 Mar.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-7543

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Frederick Du Cane Godman
Date:
4 Mar [1871]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.363)
Summary:

Has forwarded FDuCG’s book [Natural history of the Azores (1870)] to Dr Hartlaub.

Asks about eyes of camel when the animal is uttering a loud sound.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-7544

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Linnean Society
Date:
4 Mar [1871]
Source of text:
Linnean Society of London (Report on J. P. Weale Society Paper SP1250)
Summary:

Thinks J. P. M. Weale’s papers all require great condensation.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-7546

From:
William Winwood Reade
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
4 Mar 1871
Source of text:
DAR 176: 46
Summary:

Praise for gentle but resolute tone of Descent.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel8747

From:
Richard Anthony Proctor
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 March 1871]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.133
Summary:

Suggests that meteors come sometimes from the sun, more typically from other stars.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-7564F

From:
Francis Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[after 4 Mar 1871]
Source of text:
DAR 274.1: 15
Summary:

Very glad about profits of book. Glad CD flummoxed Mivart.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-7405

From:
Leonard Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[after 4 Mar 1871]
Source of text:
DAR 186: 30
Summary:

Recommends a photographer to CD for Expression.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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