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DCP-LETT-10305F

From:
William Erasmus Darwin
To:
John Higgins
Date:
18 Dec [1875]
Source of text:
Lincolnshire Archives (HIG/4/5/11)
Summary:

Returns agreement signed and witnessed.

Will discuss with CD at Christmas the possibility of purchasing some land with delapidated housing.

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Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-10305

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Francis Galton
Date:
18 Dec [1875]
Source of text:
UCL Library Services, Special Collections (GALTON/1/1/9/5/7/21)
Summary:

Mentions revisions [in Variation, 2d ed.].

Argues with FG’s theory of heredity, defending Pangenesis: "I cannot doubt that every unit of the hybrid is hybridised and sends forth hybridised gemmules."

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-10306

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Jenner Weir
Date:
18 Dec [1875]
Source of text:
The British Library (Egerton MS 3009 C f.11)
Summary:

E. Ray Lankester blackballed by Linnean Society. Another election planned. Would JJW use his influence in Lankester’s favour?

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