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DCP-LETT-7646

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Anne Henslow; Anne Barnard
Date:
31 Mar [1871]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.390)
Summary:

Thanks AHB for her letter about girl with pointed ears.

His undying gratitude to her father [J. S. Henslow].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-7155

From:
Frederic Bateman
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
31 Mar [1871]
Source of text:
DAR 160: 58
Summary:

Sends his work discussing the anatomical seat of the faculty of language [On aphasia (1870)]. Concludes that it may be impossible to find any cerebral centre for speech and that this fact opposes the idea of the descent of man from some lower form.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-7648

From:
Édouard Joseph Louis Marie (Édouard) van Beneden
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
31 Mar 1871
Source of text:
DAR 160: 133
Summary:

Many thanks for copy of Descent.

Would like to visit CD when he comes to England.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Herschel9360

From:
Georg Adolph Erman
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[31 March 1871]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.112
Summary:

Regrets that his bad handwriting caused JH to misread some of his remarks. Will try to produce a clearer exposition of his results. Comments on his expositions.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-7647

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Philip Brookes Mason
Date:
31 Mar [1871]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.391)
Summary:

Thanks him for information on children with hairy backs.

Discusses paper by J. M. Duncan on the relative weights of male and female infants.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel13185

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Frederick Herschel Waterhouse
Date:
[31 March 1871]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0493; Reel 1055
Summary:

Please clarify FW's request for testimonial from JH to assist FW in obtaining better appointment. JH does not know FW's capabilities and can testify only to good character of FW's family.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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