From John Michels 3 May 1870
Summary
Sends drawings of atypical Geranium and honeysuckle pollen-grains. Would they produce variation in seedlings?
| Author: | John Michels |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 3 May 1870 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 175 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10495 |
From John Michels 9 December 1877
Summary
Sends a drawing [missing] of alleged fossil man found in Colorado. JM is certain it is a hoax perpetrated by P. T. Barnum. It was designed to conform to CD’s well-known views of man’s ancestor.
| Author: | John Michels |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 9 Dec 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 176 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11272 |
From John Michels 2 March 1878
Summary
Describes a post-mortem dissection of a chimpanzee’s brain. The several doctors who observed it were struck by its resemblance to the human brain.
| Author: | John Michels |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 2 Mar 1878 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 177 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11393 |
