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DCP-LETT-1445

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
George Newport
Date:
24 July [1851]
Source of text:
Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Asks to borrow an old pair of GN’s dissecting scissors so that Weiss & Co. can use it as a model.

Health has been poor.

Has finished MS on pedunculated cirripedes for Ray Society [Living Cirripedia, vol. 1 (1851)].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1450

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
George Newport
Date:
12 Aug [1851]
Source of text:
Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Returns scissors with thanks.

Young John Lubbock who has a strong taste for dissecting insects would benefit greatly from conversation with GN.

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Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-2058

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Richard Kippist; Linnean Society
Date:
23 Feb [1857]
Source of text:
Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Sends cheque for subscription [£20].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-2247

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
George Busk; Linnean Society
Date:
30 Mar [1858]
Source of text:
Linnean Society of London (SP.585c)
Summary:

Expresses his strong opinion that Huxley’s paper ["Agamic reproduction and morphology of Aphis", Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. 22 (1858): 193–220, 221–36] should be published.

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