To W. B. Tegetmeier 26 May 1868
Summary
Did not know of complex change of plumage. From WBT’s letter, CD thinks six weeks to two months old is the best period. Sends details of breeds and other particulars.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
Date: | 26 May 1868 |
Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6210 |
From George Cupples 26 May 1868
Summary
Refers to letter from John Wright offering to help CD on his queries about deerhounds and sexual preferences.
More details about a terrier bitch previously referred to [letter missing].
Author: | George Cupples |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 26 May 1868 |
Classmark: | DAR 83: 127–8 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6211 |
To William Henty 26 May 1868
Summary
Thanks WH for sending a table about sheep. Wishes to know if the sheep belonged to one or several breeds. Mr Harward, a breeder of shorthorns, has tried M. Thury’s plan, and it failed.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Henty |
Date: | 26 May 1868 |
Classmark: | Clifford D. Stromberg (private collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6211F |
letter | (3) |
Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
Cupples, George | (1) |
Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
Henty, William | (1) |
Tegetmeier, W. B. | (1) |
Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
Cupples, George | (1) |
Henty, William | (1) |
Tegetmeier, W. B. | (1) |
William Yarrell
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William Yarrell was a London businessman, a stationer and bookseller, who became an expert on British birds and fish, writing standard reference works on both. He was a member of several science and natural history societies, including the Linnean Society…
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