From Charles Lyell to T. H. Huxley 17 June 1859
Summary
Extended discussion of their respective difficulties with the definition and status of species and with the extent to which the theory of transmutation may be applied.
Has rediscovered S. S. Haldeman’s 1844 paper defending the transmutation theory with great skill.
Asks for reference to Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire’s first enunciation of the progressive development and transmutation theory.
| Author: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
| Addressee: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
| Date: | 17 June 1859 |
| Classmark: | Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Archives (Huxley 6: 20) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2469A |
From Robert Shedden Scrimgeour & John Shedden Scrimgeour & Co. 17 June 1859
Summary
Provides requested information about certain railway shares.
| Author: | Scrimgeour, Robert Shedden & John Shedden & Co. |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 17 June 1859 |
| Classmark: | English Heritage, Down House (CD’s Investment book, pp. 84, 74) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2469B |
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