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From George Henslow   [after 22 February 1869]

Summary

Sends information from a Kent sheep-breeder.

Author:  George Henslow
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [after 22 Feb 1869]
Classmark:  DAR 166: 167
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-6522

To J. J. Moulinié   22 February [1869]

Summary

Thanks JJM for translating long paper [by Carrière, J. Agric. Pratique 48 (1869): 159–67]. Paper interesting especially for showing variation has been different under different conditions.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Jean Jacques Moulinié
Date:  22 Feb [1869]
Classmark:  Bibliothèque de Genève (Ms. suppl. 66, ff. 9–10)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-6625

From George Henslow   22 February 1869

Summary

Asks CD for references to animal breeders in order to test the hypothesis that mimicry arises through direct action of mental impressions received through the sense of sight.

Supports natural selection and Pangenesis.

Author:  George Henslow
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  22 Feb 1869
Classmark:  DAR 166: 168
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-6626

From R. F. Cooke   22 February 1869

Summary

There will be no objection to the French translation or difficulty about woodcuts of Orchids.

Has not yet received the information about Müller’s Facts and arguments for Darwin.

Author:  Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  22 Feb 1869
Classmark:  DAR 171: 364
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-6627

To Robert Francis Cooke   [22 February 1869]

Summary

Assumes Murray will give permission for French translation of Orchids; asks that stereotypes of woodcuts be supplied at cost, since if expensive the work will not appear.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray
Date:  [22 Feb 1869]
Classmark:  National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms. 42152 f. 200)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-6966
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