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DCP-LETT-770

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Henry Denny
Date:
12 Aug [1844]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.)
Summary:

Can hardly believe he made a mistake in specimens sent to HD. Recopies numbers in case he transposed them. [Has to do with lice taken from a specimen of aperea and put into spirits during Beagle voyage.]

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DCP-LETT-771

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Leonard Horner
Date:
29 Aug [1844]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.38)
Summary:

Thanks Horner for his letter [about Volcanic islands].

Discusses craters of elevation with respect to the views of Leopold von Buch and Élie de Beaumont. Compares Lyell’s views to those of continental geologists. Mentions reading A. D. d’Orbigny [Voyage dans l’Amérique méridionale (1835–47)].

Encloses note from Emma to Mrs Horner, inviting the Horners to visit Down.

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