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DCP-LETT-1795

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
George Henry Kendrick Thwaites
Date:
10 Dec 1855
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.118)
Summary:

Mentions seeing GHKT at BAAS meeting at Oxford [1847].

Reports he is working on variation of species. Asks about varieties of pigeons and other poultry, and asks for specimens from Ceylon.

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Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1837

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
George Henry Kendrick Thwaites
Date:
8 Mar 1856
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.125)
Summary:

Hopes GHKT will publish on variations in plant species at different elevations. Asks about variations among plants on heights of Ceylon.

Promises to publish on the species question.

Asks for pigeons’ skins from India or Ceylon, and for ducks’ skeletons. Mentions help promised by E. F. Kelaart.

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Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-2211

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
George Henry Kendrick Thwaites
Date:
7 Feb [1858]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.150)
Summary:

Thanks GHKT for letter on plant acclimatisation and variation among alpine and lowland forms in Ceylon.

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