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DCP-LETT-7298

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Mr. Dorrell; William Clowes & Sons
Date:
9 Aug 1870
Source of text:
The New York Public Library. Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations. The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.
Summary:

Sends instructions to Messrs Clowes concerning typesetting and printing of proof-sheets of Descent.

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DCP-LETT-9524

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Walmisley Baxter
Date:
[early July 1871]
Source of text:
The New York Public Library. Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations. The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.
Summary:

Orders nitrate of ammonia for experiment on plants.

Are measuring glasses accurate?

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DCP-LETT-8226

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Anatole Roujou
Date:
28 Feb [1872]
Source of text:
The New York Public Library. Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations. The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.
Summary:

Has read correspondent’s work. Glad he is not shocked at belief that man is descendant of lower form. An unusual attitude for a Frenchman.

Fears they differ greatly on origins of moral sense.

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DCP-LETT-10808

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Henry Leggett
Date:
22 Jan 1877
Source of text:
The New York Public Library. Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations. The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.
Summary:

Comments on WHL’s paper ["Pontederia cordata", Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 6 (1875–9): 62–3]. Cites Fritz Müller’s conclusion that plant is trimorphic. Has WHL made further observations?

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DCP-LETT-12273

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Georg Michael Asher
Date:
28 Oct 1879
Source of text:
The New York Public Library. Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations. The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.
Summary:

Cannot answer questions on origin of instinct, sociology, etc. Suggests references in Origin and Descent.

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