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DCP-LETT-1396

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Darwin Fox
Date:
[27 Mar 1851]
Source of text:
Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 78a)
Summary:

Sends condolences to WDF on the death of his father. Has brought his daughter [Anne] to J. M. Gully for the water-cure.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1425

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Darwin Fox
Date:
29 Apr [1851]
Source of text:
Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 79)
Summary:

His favourite child, Anne, has unexpectedly died.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1429

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Robert Ball
Date:
26 May [1851]
Source of text:
Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (Fellows’ Papers 54.ii)
Summary:

Obliged for letter about cirripedes attached to turtles’ backs. Genus is Chelonobia, Leach. Cirripedes do not penetrate skin, but surrounding tissue grows up around them.

Asks RB to send S. American Balanus. Already has specimens from Irish coast.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1434

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Robert Ball
Date:
8 June [1851]
Source of text:
Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (Fellows’ Papers 54.iii)
Summary:

Thanks for cast and account of cirripede [Chelonobia caretta] burrowing in turtle shell. Believes base of cirripede absorbed by bone below.

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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