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From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
the Linnean Society of London
Date:
January 1880
Source of text:
Linnean Society, London, Certificates of Fellows, Foreign Members and Associates, 1877-82
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
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From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
the Linnean Society of London
Date:
January 1880
Source of text:
Linnean Society, London, Certificates of Fellows, Foreign Members and Associates, 1877-82
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer
Date:
5 Mar 1880
Source of text:
Linnean Society of London (MS 489)
Summary:

[Letter written as a postscript to 11406.] CD has reread his letter of 7 Mar 1878 about the value of James Torbitt’s work on the potato disease and has nothing to withdraw. Emphasises Torbitt’s need for immediate financial help.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
Richard Kippist
Date:
26 May 1880
Source of text:
Linnean Society, London, Archives, Guard book, 1880-5, f. 15
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
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From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
the Secretary, Linnean Society of London
Date:
26 June 1880
Source of text:
Linnean Society, London, Archives, Guard Books, 1880-5, f. 12
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
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From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
the Secretary, Linnean Society of London
Date:
26 July 1880
Source of text:
Linnean Society, London, Archives, Guard books, 1880-5, f. 16
Summary:

No summary available.

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Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
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From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
the Linnean Society of London
Date:
12 August 1880
Source of text:
Linnean Society, London, Certificates of Fellows, Foreign Members and Associates, 1877-82
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer
Date:
1 Oct 1880
Source of text:
Linnean Society of London (LS Ms 299/34)
Summary:

Sends some questions raised by THF’s notes on earthworms at Abinger; he plans to use them in his book.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer
Date:
8 Oct 1880
Source of text:
Linnean Society of London (LS Ms 299/35); DAR 185: 38
Summary:

Questions the exact location of rooms and trenches at Abinger excavation [for Earthworms].

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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer
Date:
10 Oct [1880]
Source of text:
Linnean Society of London (LS Ms 299/36)
Summary:

Thanks THF for notes on Abinger excavation. Asks for more castings.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer
Date:
13 Oct 1880
Source of text:
Linnean Society of London (LS Ms 299/37)
Summary:

THF’s copybook has cleared up all points. The castings are invaluable. Encloses further queries [missing].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer
Date:
13 Oct [1880]
Source of text:
Linnean Society of London (LS Ms 299/38)
Summary:

Is worried about brick particles in worm-castings. Asks THF for castings from a site where possible error would be avoided.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer
Date:
20 Oct 1880
Source of text:
Linnean Society of London (LS Ms 299/31)
Summary:

Has started experiment to see whether particles of stone become rounded in the gizzards of worms.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
James Murie; Linnean Society
Date:
30 Oct 1880
Source of text:
Linnean Society of London (LL/4)
Summary:

Requests a volume of Zoologist with an article dated Oct 1849.

Contributor:
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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
James Murie; Linnean Society
Date:
14 Dec [1880]
Source of text:
Linnean Society of London (LL/4)
Summary:

Requests G. J. Allman’s address.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
the Linnean Society of London
Date:
10 January 1881
Source of text:
Linnean Society, London, Certificates of Fellows, Foreign Members and Associates 1877-82
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
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From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
the Linnean Society of London
Date:
10 January 1881
Source of text:
Linnean Society, London, Certificates of Fellows, Foreign Members and Associates, 1877-82
Summary:

No summary available.

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Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer
Date:
18 Jan 1881
Source of text:
Linnean Society of London (LS Ms 299/32)
Summary:

Asks THF to obtain sample of chalk immediately below vegetable mould at Abinger.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
the Linnean Society of London
Date:
March 1881
Source of text:
Linnean Society, London, Certificates of Fellows, Foreign Members and Asociates, 1877-82.The MS is in M's hand; the other supporters have signed individually
Summary:

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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
George John Romanes
Date:
27 May 1881
Source of text:
Linnean Society of London (LL/4)
Summary:

Agrees to sit for portrait. Thinks John Collier is a good artist, an opinion based on his portrait of Hooker.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project