To George Gulliver 27 December [1855]
Summary
His thanks for the present [The works of William Hewson, edited by GG, 1846]. [See 1796.]
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Gulliver |
| Date: | 27 Dec [1855] |
| Classmark: | Josh B. Rosenblum (private collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1801A |
From Henry Holland 10 December [1859]
Summary
Comments on the Origin. Outlines difficulties he finds in CD’s theory. Believes CD must define natural selection more accurately and mentions instances in which that principle is an insufficient cause to account for the form of certain structures.
| Author: | Henry Holland, 1st baronet |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 10 Dec [1859] |
| Classmark: | DAR 47: 148–9 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2578 |
From George Gulliver 20 January [1856]
Summary
Discusses the similarity in size, shape, and structure of the blood corpuscles of the Aves. Notes differences between the corpuscles of the domestic dog and some wild species.
| Author: | George Gulliver |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 20 Jan [1856] |
| Classmark: | DAR (CD library – Gulliver, George 1846) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1632 |
To George Gulliver 18 December [1855]
Summary
Sends blood of pigeons for examination. Discusses variation of blood in related animals.
Would like copy of book edited by GG [The works of W. Hewson (1846)].
Suggests investigation of blood in varieties of domesticated animals.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Gulliver |
| Date: | 18 Dec [1855] |
| Classmark: | Houghton Library, Harvard University (Autograph File, D) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1796 |
To W. B. Tegetmeier 18 May [1857]
Summary
Lists pigeons and poultry he is forwarding to WBT.
Wants details of WBT’s Poultry book [1856–7]
and is anxious to purchase his long-winged runt.
Thanks him for help and information on fowl crosses.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Date: | 18 May [1857] |
| Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2093 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Gulliver (see letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, 21 September [1856] ). Tegetmeier ed. 1856–7 was published in parts, beginning in May 1856, by William S. Orr and Co. , London. Tegetmeier’s Poultry book was a rearranged and enlarged edition of an earlier work of the same title published in 1853 by William Wriothesley Wingfield and George William Johnson . CD had first ordered the work from his booksellers in the spring of 1856 (see letter …
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| Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
| Gulliver, George | (1) |
| Holland, Henry | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Gulliver, George | (2) |
| Tegetmeier, W. B. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (5) |
| Gulliver, George | (3) |
| Holland, Henry | (1) |
| Tegetmeier, W. B. | (1) |
