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From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Alfred Newton
Date:
18 January 1870
Source of text:
Wollaston, A. F. R. (1921). In: Life of Alfred Newton, Professor of Comparative Anatomy Cambridge University, 1866-1907 . London: John Murray. [pp. 296-297]
Summary:

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Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Alfred Newton
Date:
9 Feb [1870]
Source of text:
DAR 185: 90
Summary:

Was gratified "beyond measure" by AN’s comments on his pigeon chapter [in Variation] in the [Zoological] Record [5 (1868): 94–6]. AN is the first man capable of forming a judgment who seems to have thought anything of this part.

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Alfred Newton
Date:
[22 May 1870]
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library (MS Add. 9839/1D/58)
Summary:

Intends to see Adam Sedgwick.

Arranges to meet AN.

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Alfred Newton
Date:
28 December 1870
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library: Add. 9839/1W/93
Summary:

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Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Alfred Newton
Date:
31 December 1870
Source of text:
  • Cambridge University Library: Add. 9839/1W/94
  • Cambridge University Library: Add. 9839/1W/94
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Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Alfred Newton
Date:
9 January 1871
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library: Add. 9839/1W/95
Summary:

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Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Alfred Newton
Date:
30 May [1871]
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library (MS Add. 9839/1D/59)
Summary:

Thanks AN for facts and corrections [for Descent].

The case of the gull must come out [Descent 2: 108 n. 9]. "Oh Lord, how difficult accuracy is!"

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Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Alfred Newton
Date:
9 Mar [1874]
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library (MS Add. 9839/1D/60)
Summary:

Asks AN to vote for CD’s nephew, Henry Parker, at the Athenaeum.

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Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Alfred Newton
Date:
12 Mar [1874]
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library (MS Add. 9839/1D/61)
Summary:

Cannot answer AN’s questions about Origin; it would take weeks to find the references. Assures AN he stated nothing without an authority he thought good.

Feels sure missel thrushes have increased in number since his youth. Starlings have also increased astonishingly in Kent. "How inexplicable most of these cases are".

In a P.S. remembers his source for statement about increase of missel thrushes in Origin.

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Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Alfred Newton
Date:
14 Mar 1874
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library (MS Add. 9839/1D/62)
Summary:

Can give no definite information. Believes severe winters are by far the most important check on numbers of birds; the destruction of eggs is of subordinate importance.

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Alfred Newton
Date:
27 September 1874
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library: Add. 9839/1W/96
Summary:

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Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Alfred Newton
Date:
6 December 1874
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library: Add. 9839/1W/97
Summary:

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Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Alfred Newton
Date:
10 December 1874
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library: Add. 9839/1W/98
Summary:

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Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Alfred Newton
Date:
14 February 1875
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library: Add. 9839/1W/99
Summary:

Discusses the outline for his book The Geographical Distribution of Animals.

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Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Alfred Newton
Date:
20 February 1875
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library: Add. 9839/1W/100
Summary:

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Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Alfred Newton
Date:
8 March 1875
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library: Add. 9839/1W/101
Summary:

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Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Alfred Newton
Date:
21 March 1875
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library: Add. 9839/1W/102
Summary:

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Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Alfred Newton
Date:
28 March 1875
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library: Add. 9839/1W/103
Summary:

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Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Alfred Newton
Date:
29 March 1875
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library: Add. 9839/1W/104
Summary:

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Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Alfred Newton
Date:
9 April 1875
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library: Add. 9839/1W/105
Summary:

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