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From Antonio Mendola   29 December 1879

Summary

Reports from an Italian baron that a calf’s horn that was buried in a field set roots; mule’s hairs incubated in water come alive.

Author:  Antonio Mendola
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  29 Dec 1879
Classmark:  DAR 171: 150
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12375

To C. H. Tindal   29 December 1879

Summary

Thanks for MS as it shows many of Erasmus Darwin’s ideas were formed 20 years before he published Zoonomia. Would like to publish last letter if there is a second edition of his little book. MS will be returned registered post.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Harrison Tindal
Date:  29 Dec 1879
Classmark:  Bonhams, New York (dealers) (19 October 2009)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12375F

From Emil Witte   29 December 1879

Summary

Relates case of selective immunity to rinderpest.

Author:  Emil Witte
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  29 Dec 1879
Classmark:  DAR 181: 134
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12376

From Ercole Ricotti   29 December 1879

Summary

CD awarded a prize of 12,000 lire in recognition of his recent research on plant physiology.

Author:  Ercole Ricotti
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  29 Dec 1879
Classmark:  DAR 230: 78
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12376A