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DCP-LETT-5746

From:
Erasmus Alvey Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[before 11 Oct 1868]
Source of text:
DAR 105: B59
Summary:

C[harles?] P[arker?] says he has made a "fearful mistake", and the marriage cannot be; EAD hopes to come to CD next week.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-6219

From:
Erasmus Alvey Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[11 Oct 1868]
Source of text:
DAR 105: B62–3
Summary:

J. J. Sylvester reports George’s fellowship "the most enviable position on earth".

Charles [Parker?] "appears to be ruined".

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-6931

From:
Asa Gray
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
11 Oct [1868]
Source of text:
DAR 165: 170
Summary:

Wants seeds of Passiflora gracilis.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-6416

From:
Adam Sedgwick
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
11 Oct 1868
Source of text:
DAR 177: 129
Summary:

Congratulates CD on election of his son [George] as a Fellow of Trinity College.

Describes his ill health.

Invites CD to visit Cambridge.

[Letter dated November in error.]

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel2436

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
[11 October 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.290 (C: RS:HS 24.232)
Summary:

Discusses papers concerning light on [William] Sharpey's list. Discusses, very critically, Henry Brougham's optical researches.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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