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From T. H. Farrer 11 August 1871
Summary
Sorry he will be away when CD comes down.
Congratulations on Henrietta Darwin’s engagement.
| Author: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 11 Aug 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 71 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7903 |
From T. H. Farrer 1 March 1871
Summary
Parallel between CD’s account of morality [in Descent], of social instinct preceding selfishness, and Henry Maine’s account of notions of property of a community preceding individual property [in Ancient law (1861)].
| Author: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 1 Mar 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 68 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7528 |
From T. H. Farrer 19 June 1871
Summary
Observations on orchids. Ophrys apifera; confirms CD’s observation on pollinia. The nesting of ducks in trees is an example of change of instinct and habit.
| Author: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 19 June 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 69–70 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7826 |
From T. H. Farrer 3 March 1871
Summary
On private property, with regard to tools and arms; comments on Maine’s book and the history of law regarding property.
| Author: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 3 Mar 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 87: 165–7 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7541 |
Addressee
| Darwin, C. R. | (4) |
Correspondent
| Darwin, C. R. | (4) |
| Farrer, T. H. |
