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DCP-LETT-11215

From:
Jesse Portman Chesney
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
28 Oct 1877
Source of text:
DAR 161: 139
Summary:

Gives a detailed description of the "Colorado Giant" found near Pueblo, alleged to be a fossil man with a tail. [See also 11272.]

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-11302F

From:
Francis Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[28 Oct 1877?]
Source of text:
DAR 274.1: 45
Summary:

FD has sent proofs; nutating of Ricinus; Horace Darwin and the wormograph.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-11213

From:
George Howard Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[28 Oct 1877]
Source of text:
DAR 210.2: 60–1
Summary:

Writes again about arrangements for the honorary degree ceremony.

Has been working on tides, which he is almost certain have altered the obliquity of the ecliptic.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-11214

From:
Warren Maude Moorsom
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
28 Oct 1877
Source of text:
DAR 171: 236
Summary:

Sends extract reporting elephants that get drunk on a plant.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

JHC1731

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
John Firminger Duthie
Date:
28 October 1877
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/4 f.9, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Hooker Project

DCP-LETT-11216

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
George Howard Darwin
Date:
[after 28 Oct 1877]
Source of text:
DAR 210.1: 60
Summary:

Has given dates [for the Cambridge University honorary degree] to the Vice-Chancellor.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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