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FVM-71-03-10

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
Redmond Barry
Date:
10 March 1871
Source of text:
VPRS 5834/P0/1, inward correspondence p. 145, VA 1411 Industrial and Technological Museum, Public Record Office, Victoria
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project

DCP-LETT-7567

From:
Asa Gray
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
10 and 14 Mar 1871
Source of text:
DAR 165: 174
Summary:

Has received CD’s new book [Descent].

Will try to get answer to CD’s queries on Laura Bridgman.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-7565

From:
Rosa Mackenzie Kettle
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
10 Mar [1871]
Source of text:
DAR 169: 8
Summary:

Requests permission to quote from CD’s letters to Charles Boner in her edition [of Memoirs and letters of Charles Boner (1871)].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-7564

From:
George Brown Murdoch
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
10 Mar 1871
Source of text:
DAR 90: 68–71
Summary:

Relation of surplus vigour of males to sexual selection.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Herschel6292

From:
William Benson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 March 1871]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.53
Summary:

Sends a copy of his book on the science of color. Their theories regarding color seem to becoming more popular.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-7568

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Frederick Currey
Date:
11 Mar 1871
Source of text:
Linnean Society of London (Report on J. P. Weale Society paper SP1250)
Summary:

Gives his opinion on four papers by J. P. M. Weale.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-7573

From:
Francis Stephen Bennet François de Chaumont
To:
William Erasmus Darwin
Date:
11 Mar 1871
Source of text:
DAR 162: 135
Summary:

In response to queries on expression, which WED had asked on CD’s behalf, reports on shrugging and pouting observed in his children.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-7572

From:
John Jeremiah
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
11 Mar 1871
Source of text:
DAR 87: 101–2
Summary:

Case of cat transmitting a habit to her offspring.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-7570

From:
Robert Arthur (Arthur) Nicols
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
11 Mar 1871
Source of text:
DAR 172: 56
Summary:

His previous account of Phascolarctos was based on notes made at the time of observation.

His report of the successful adoption of a koala infant by a cat comes from a trustworthy observer.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-7571

From:
Bartholomew James Sulivan
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
11 Mar 1871
Source of text:
DAR 87: 96–100, DAR 177: 296
Summary:

Recounts case of parrot whose talking seems to show "power of connecting definite sounds with definite ideas" [see Descent, 2d ed., p. 85 n.].

Has not seen CD’s daughter yet. Hopes the fine weather will continue while she is there [in Bournemouth].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-7569

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
11 Mar 1871
Source of text:
DAR 106: B98–9
Summary:

Admiration for vol. 2 of Descent, and plans for his review of it for the Academy [2 (1871): 177–82].

News of his new residence.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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WCP1940

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
11 March 1871
Source of text:
  • Cambridge University Library: DAR 106: B98-99
  • British Library, The: BL Add. 46434 f. 215
  • Wallace Family Collection (private collection)
  • Marchant, J. (Ed.). (1916). In: Alfred Russel Wallace; Letters and Reminiscences. Vol. 1. London & New York: Cassell & Co. [pp. 259-260]
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project

Herschel14336

From:
William Spottiswoode
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 March 1871]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0497; Reel 1093
Summary:

Will send B.A.A.S. grant for £40 directly to G. A. Erman for reduction of Gaussian constant unless WS hears differently from JH.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-13849

From:
D. Thomas
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[after 11 Mar 1871]
Source of text:
DAR 178: 108
Summary:

CD is "bent upon linking the monkey race to us"; DT finds it striking that CD should so resemble an ape.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-8127

From:
Charles Robert Darwin; Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
To:
Frances Julia (Snow) Wedgwood
Date:
[after 11 Mar 1871?]
Source of text:
V&A / Wedgwood Collection (MS W/M 57–31570)
Summary:

A draft letter [but sent in the original state by Emma Darwin]. Approves of FJW’s notice of his views.

CD has slightly revised parts in view of both approving and disapproving critics, but still remains convinced about his fundamental notions.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-7574

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
George Busk
Date:
12 Mar [1871]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.387)
Summary:

Discusses his blunder in "confounding the two foramina" [in the skull] of apes [in Descent].

Discusses views of George Rolleston, St George Mivart, and Huxley on the occurrence of the foramina.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-7576

From:
Patrick Matthew
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
12 Mar 1871
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, Library and Archives (General Library)
Summary:

Encloses an article he wrote for the Scotsman [9 Mar 1871, p. 5].

Wishes he had time to write a critique of Descent. There is evidence of design and benevolence in nature. Beauty cannot be accounted for by natural selection.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-7575

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Ogle
Date:
12 Mar [1871]
Source of text:
DAR 261.5: 7 (EH 88205905)
Summary:

Thanks WO for his replies [to 7551]. Discusses the open mouth in surprise; asks WO to investigate its function in hearing and breathing.

Asks why deaf persons generally keep mouths open.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel12976

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Spottiswoode
Date:
[12 March 1871]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0390; Reel 1054
Summary:

Thanks WS for volunteering to forward B.A.A.S. grant to G. A. Erman while JH is ill.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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WCP4292

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
13 March [1871]
Source of text:
English Heritage: EH 88202150
Summary:

Asks whether Bugis are Malays.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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