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DCP-LETT-2626

From:
J. B. Bacon
To:
Elizabeth Pew, Lady Drysdale; Elizabeth Copland, Lady Drysdale; Elizabeth Drysdale, Lady Drysdale
Date:
[1857–62?]
Source of text:
DAR 46.1: 93
Summary:

Heath is generally cut every six years, often in order to provide young growth for grazing. Also, the heath is in good condition for burning at six years growth.

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HENSLOW-647

From:
Thomas Bell
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
1 August 1857
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 20
Summary:

Makes arrangements for JSH to stay with him in London and for possible meeting with Hooker.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-2186

From:
George Bentham
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[16 or 17 Dec 1857]
Source of text:
DAR 160: 151
Summary:

Returns CD’s lists [sent with 2184]. Confusion in genera of Silene is great in continental botanic gardens. One would have to know whether C. F. v. Gärtner had the right names for species in his experiments.

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DCP-LETT-2179

From:
Richard Bishop
To:
Charles Spence Bate
Date:
3 Dec 1857
Source of text:
DAR 160: 189
Summary:

Gives observations to be forwarded to CD of impregnation in Balanus.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-2158

From:
Bernard Peirce Brent
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
23 Oct 1857
Source of text:
DAR 160: 299
Summary:

Discusses the difficulties of breeding mules by crossing canaries and finches.

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HENSLOW-674

From:
E. H. Bunbury
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
10 July 1857
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 47 & 47(ii)
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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HENSLOW-673

From:
Sir H. Bunbury
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
24 September 1857
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 46
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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HENSLOW-489

From:
W. B. Carpenter
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
13 November 1857
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 83
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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HENSLOW-491

From:
W. B. Carpenter
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
21 November 1857
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 82
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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HENSLOW-493

From:
W. B. Carpenter
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
27 December 1857
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 66 & 66(ii) & 66(iii)
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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FVM-57-12-08

From:
Charles Darwin
To:
Ferdinand von Mueller
Date:
8 December 1857
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library, DAR 92, 31-2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project

DCP-LETT-2052

From:
Alfred Christy
To:
William Bernhard Tegetmeier
Date:
11 Feb 1857
Source of text:
DAR 205.2: 219
Summary:

Sends information on the speed at which his pigeons fly various distances.

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DCP-LETT-2165

From:
Henry Coe
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
4 Nov 1857
Source of text:
DAR 161: 192
Summary:

Responds to CD’s article on kidney beans [Collected papers 1: 275–7]. Sends beans as evidence of crossing.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-2171

From:
Henry Coe
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
14 Nov 1857
Source of text:
DAR 161: 193
Summary:

More on kidney bean crosses.

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HENSLOW-492

From:
William Colchester
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
27 November 1857
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 100
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-2071

From:
Edwards Crisp
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
4 Apr 1857
Source of text:
DAR 205.2: 221
Summary:

Reports on wheat in the stomach of fish he caught.

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DCP-LETT-2083

From:
James Dwight Dana
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
27 Apr 1857
Source of text:
DAR 162: 39
Summary:

In reply to CD’s query [see 2072], JDD describes what little is known about the crustacea of the Antarctic and southern lands.

Knows of no species of the cold temperate south identical with those of the cold temperate north.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-2029

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Erasmus Darwin
Date:
[1857?]
Source of text:
DAR 210.6: 187
Summary:

Will be grateful for facts from Mr Linton on numbers of eggs from goldfinch–canary crosses.

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DCP-LETT-2040

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
17 Jan [1857]
Source of text:
DAR 114: 188
Summary:

CD will advise W. F. Daniell on collecting.

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DCP-LETT-2041

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Henry Huxley
Date:
17 Jan [1857]
Source of text:
DAR 261.8: 1 (EH 88205939)
Summary:

Asks THH question on flow of glaciers after ice has been fractured and fragmented.

CD had to leave Royal Society lecture [joint paper by THH and J. Tyndall, "On the structure and motions of glaciers", Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. 147 (1857): 327–46] before the end because of headache.

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