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DCP-LETT-5762

From:
William Darwin Fox
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[before 14 May 1868]
Source of text:
DAR 86: A83–4
Summary:

Pairing habits of birds: polygamy among ducks and canaries.

Information on the proportion of sexes in fowls and other birds.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Herschel10596

From:
Alexander J. B. Hope
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 May 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.474
Summary:

Sees what a majority William Ewart's bill had yesterday. Comments on the events leading to this. So glad of the marriage of Amelia Herschel.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-6173

From:
Giovanni Canestrini
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
14 May 1868
Source of text:
DAR 161: 33
Summary:

Asks CD’s permission to translate Variation into Italian [translation not published until 1876].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-6172

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Darwin Fox
Date:
14 May [1868]
Source of text:
Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 148b)
Summary:

WDF’s letter gives CD the kind of facts he wants. His story about peacocks is so good that CD will quote it [Descent 2: 46].

Pleased WDF approves of his book [Variation]

– "beloved Pangenesis disagrees badly with many".

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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FVM-68-05-14

From:
George Bentham
To:
Ferdinand von Mueller
Date:
14 May 1868
Source of text:
RB MSS M4, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
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