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To W. E. Darwin   [5 May 1859]

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Discusses WED’s plans for the summer.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Erasmus Darwin
Date:  [5 May 1859]
Classmark:  DAR 210.6: 43
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-2442

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  • … that he paid £1 16 s . for them on 28 April 1859. The postscript is in Emma Darwin’s hand. …
  • … Cambridge for the new university term. Emma Darwin’s diary records that William left Down …
  • … to William written late in May 1859, Emma Darwin stated: ‘Your father & I think it will …

To J. D. Hooker   3 May [1859]

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CD favours occurrence of reversions, although lack of experiments forces one to vague opinions. Reversions oppose only the inheritance not the occurrence of variation. Discusses relation of reversion, direct influence of conditions, and selection.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:  3 May [1859]
Classmark:  DAR 115: 13
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-2457

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  • … Hooker had visited Down on 21 April 1859 ( Emma Darwin’s diary). For Hooker’s views on the …
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