To W. B. Tegetmeier 8 May [1860]
Summary
Thanks WBT for observations on colours of newly-hatched pigeons of different breeds. Asks if breeders have noticed any differences in lengths of time eggs were incubated in different breeds.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Date: | 8 May [1860] |
| Classmark: | Yale University: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library (Yale Collection of American Literature: De Forest Family Papers (YCAL MSS 582) Box 2, folder 58, item 82 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2790 |
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- … vol. 6, letters to W. B. Tegetmeier, 19 November [1856] , 12 [May 1857] , and [18 June …
To William Bernhard Tegetmeier 20 January [1860]
Summary
Gives the results of crossing experiments; some interesting and curious facts.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Date: | 20 Jan [1860] |
| Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2656 |
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- … 1856–7. The work was issued in parts, and publication ceased with number 11. CD’s annotated copy is in the Darwin Library–CUL. CD first asked Tegetmeier ‘whether Fowls when crossed throw odd & unexpected colours like Pigeons do. —’ in 1857 (see Correspondence vol. 6, letters to W. B. …
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| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Tegetmeier, W. B. | (2) |
