From George Cupples 20 June 1869
Summary
On proportion of sexes in litters of dogs.
| Author: | George Cupples |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 20 June 1869 |
| Classmark: | DAR 86: 58–9 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6789 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … and this volume, letter from George Cupples, 11 March 1869 . George Augustus Graham . See …
- … letter from William Aitchison to George Cupples, 16 June 1869 , and the letter from Thomas Russell to George Cupples, …
- … letter to Cupples has not been found. Cupples refers to Robert Elliot (see letter from Robert Elliot to George Cupples, 4 June 1869 ). …
- … 1869 . CD thanked Cupples for having procured returns for sheep from Scotland in Descent 1: 305 n. 41. See Correspondence vol. 16, letter from J. G. R. Barr to George …
From George Cupples 11 January 1869
Summary
Writing to friends on CD’s behalf about deer: T. T. Wright, Archibald McNeill.
| Author: | George Cupples |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 11 Jan 1869 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 288 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6548 |
To George Cupples [after June 1869]
Summary
Wishes Cupples had said something about health. Sends regards to Mrs Cupples.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Cupples |
| Date: | [after June 1869] |
| Classmark: | Fraser’s Autographs (dealer) (2013) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6770F |
From Robert Elliot to George Cupples 4 June 1869
Summary
Proportion of sexes in (new-born) lambs equal, but males more likely to die.
| Author: | Robert Elliot |
| Addressee: | George Cupples |
| Date: | 4 June 1869 |
| Classmark: | DAR 86: A30–1, A62 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6775 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … animals for CD (see letter from George Cupples, 22 March 1869 ). In Descent 1: 305 n. 41, …
- … of information in the letter from William Aitchison to George Cupples, 25 June 1869 . …
- … See also the letter from John Graham to George Cupples, 6 July 1869 . John Graham farmed …
- … See also letter from A. C. Pagan to George Cupples, 16 July 1869 ). Allan Cunningham …
From William Aitchison to George Cupples 25 June 1869
Summary
Statistics on proportion of sexes of lambs.
| Author: | William Aitchison |
| Addressee: | George Cupples |
| Date: | 25 June 1869 |
| Classmark: | DAR 86: A63–4 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6804 |
From William Aitchison to George Cupples 30 June 1869
Summary
WA explains the figures he sent GC. In his experience female lambs at the time of castration outnumber the males. [Robert] Elliot differs.
| Author: | William Aitchison |
| Addressee: | George Cupples |
| Date: | 30 June 1869 |
| Classmark: | DAR 86: 66 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6809F |
From John Graham to George Cupples 6 July 1869
Summary
Responds to questions about sex ratios at birth and mortality in either sheep or cattle before eighteen months.
| Author: | John Graham |
| Addressee: | George Cupples |
| Date: | 6 July 1869 |
| Classmark: | DAR A86: 68–9 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6817F |
From William Aitchison to George Cupples 16 June 1869
Summary
Statistics on proportion of sexes in lambs.
| Author: | William Aitchison |
| Addressee: | George Cupples |
| Date: | 16 June 1869 |
| Classmark: | DAR 86: A54–5 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6784 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … proportions of the sexes (see letter from Robert Elliot to George Cupples, 4 June 1869 ). …
- … letter was enclosed in the letter from George Cupples, 20 June 1869 . CD cited Aitchison for this information and for returns on sheep in Descent 1: 305. In the table, the first column (before the point) represents groups of twenty, the second (after the point) units up to nineteen. See letter from William Aitchison to George Cupples, …
From George Cupples 21 January 1869
Summary
Forwards reply from [Peter Robertson] head forester for Marquis of Breadalbane on development of horns in Scottish deer.
| Author: | George Cupples |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 21 Jan 1869 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 290; DAR 86: A81–2 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6566 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … See letter to George Cupples, [6–9? January 1869] , and letter from George Cupples, 11 …
- … 1869 and n. 3. Cupples had evidently quoted from CD’s letter in requesting information from Peter Robertson . John Wright had earlier sent information on deer-hounds via Cupples (see Correspondence vol. 16, letter from George …
To George Cupples 18 March [1869]
Summary
Suggests that Cupples weigh puppies from one week old, rather than two weeks old.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Cupples |
| Date: | 18 Mar [1869] |
| Classmark: | Former collection of Pr. Georges Teissier (private collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6668F |
From George Cupples [4–10 November 1869]
Summary
Weight statistics on deerhound puppies born 23 Sept 1869.
| Author: | George Cupples |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [4–10 Nov 1869] |
| Classmark: | DAR 83: 147 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6970 |
From George Cupples 22 April 1871
Summary
On reception of Descent in Edinburgh.
Anecdote about a dog helping another by separating combatants.
| Author: | George Cupples |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 22 Apr 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 87: 111–12c |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7707 |
From Allan C. Pagan to George Cupples 16 July 1869
Summary
Appends an eight-year list of lambs for CD’s private information.
| Author: | Allan Cunningham Pagan |
| Addressee: | George Cupples |
| Date: | 16 July 1869 |
| Classmark: | DAR 85: B54–5 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6831 |
From George Cupples 13 September 1869
Summary
Proportion of sexes in rats.
| Author: | George Cupples |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 13 Sept 1869 |
| Classmark: | DAR 86: 75 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6889 |
From Robert Elliot to George Cupples 25 June 1869
Summary
Number of lambs born not kept. Counted only at time of castration.
Proportion of sexes in cattle and rats.
| Author: | Robert Elliot |
| Addressee: | George Cupples |
| Date: | 25 June 1869 |
| Classmark: | DAR 86: A65 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6805 |
| Cupples, George | (8) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (8) |
| Aitchison, William | (3) |
| Elliot, Robert | (3) |
| McNeill, Archibald | (2) |
| Cupples, George | (14) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (11) |
| Carus, J. V. | (1) |
| Caton, J. D. | (1) |
| Eyton, T. C. | (1) |
| Cupples, George | (22) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (19) |
| Aitchison, William | (3) |
| Elliot, Robert | (3) |
| McNeill, Archibald | (2) |
