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Herschel12077

From:
Amelia Matilda Murray
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 December 1855]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.444
Summary:

Regrets to hear that JH has been ill. Gives the title of her book and the reasons for her views on slavery.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-1799

From:
George Gordon
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
24 Dec 1855
Source of text:
DAR 205.7: 281
Summary:

Reports success of hybrid cross with Vallota and the failure of another cross.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Faraday3063

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Margery Ann Reid
Date:
24 December 1855
Source of text:
Elizabeth M. Milton
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

DCP-LETT-1798

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Charles Augustus Murray
Date:
24 Dec 1855
Source of text:
Arthur Houghton Jr (private collection)
Summary:

CD has "for many years been working on the perplexed subject of the origin of varieties & species".

Asks CAM if he can help procure skins of domestic pigeons, poultry, ducks, and rabbits from Persia. Gives general instructions for anyone he might employ to obtain skins.

CD would also welcome descriptions of the larger, native quadrupeds.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Tyndall1174

From:
Thomas Archer Hirst
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Decr 24th/55
Source of text:
MS JT/1/H/221, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall1175

From:
William Thomson
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Undated
Source of text:
MS JT/1/T/32, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall1176

From:
William Thomson
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Dec. 24, 1855.
Source of text:
11 (1856), pp. 66-7, Phil. Mag.
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
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