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From H. H. Bancroft   3 August 1874

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Sends a volume and will send next volumes of a work intended to contribute to the study of mankind.

Author:  Hubert Howe Bancroft
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  3 Aug 1874
Classmark:  DAR 160: 38
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9581

From J. T. Knowles   4 August 1874

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Regrets he is unable to republish Whitney’s article in the Contemporary Review. Would much appreciate an article from CD on the subject and suggests that CD might quote from Whitney to any extent he likes.

Author:  James Thomas Knowles
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  4 Aug 1874
Classmark:  DAR 169: 41
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9582

From G. H. Darwin   5 August 1874

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Regrets he cannot follow the line of denial CD suggests. Explains why he must defend himself against charge that he approves of oppressive laws.

Author:  George Howard Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  5 Aug 1874
Classmark:  DAR 210.2: 38
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9585

From H. M. Wilkinson   5 August 1874

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Reports his observations of Utricularia [in their natural state] as CD requested.

Author:  Henry Marlow Wilkinson
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  5 Aug 1874
Classmark:  DAR 58.1: 84–5
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9586

From John Tyndall   5 August 1874

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Asks CD to look over those parts of the proofs of his Belfast address [Rep. BAAS 44 (1874): lxvi–xcvii] that mention CD.

Author:  John Tyndall
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  5 Aug 1874
Classmark:  DAR 106: C16
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9587

From Leyson Lewis   [before 6 August 1874]

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Encloses specimen of a male hop with female flowers. It is the only peculiarity in the ground.

Author:  Leyson Lewis
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [before 6 Aug 1874]
Classmark:  Gardeners’ Chronicle, 8 August 1874, p. 174
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9589F

From G. H. Darwin   6 [August] 1874

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Sends a draft of his letter to the editor of the Quarterly Review [137 (1874): 587–9], answering Mivart’s charges. Encloses draft of CD’s letter to John Murray, urging publication of GHD’s defence, with George’s amendments.

Author:  George Howard Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  6 [Aug] 1874
Classmark:  DAR 97: C56–8; DAR 210.2: 39
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9590

From M. T. Masters   6 August 1874

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Thanks for the monoecious hop. It was the first monstrosity he ever observed.

Contemplates an article in Gardeners’ Chronicle on the horticultural bearing of CD’s fertilisation work.

Will publish note forwarded by CD on a male hop with apparently female flowers (Gardeners’ Chronicle, 8 August 1874, p. 174). 

Author:  Maxwell Tylden Masters
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  6 Aug 1874
Classmark:  DAR 171: 85
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9591

From G. H. Darwin   [6 or 7 August 1874]

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Urges CD not to break with Murray even if he does not force the editor [of Q. Rev.] to insert GHD’s letter [in response to Mivart’s attack]. Murray may have a rule not to meddle with editor.

Author:  George Howard Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [6 or 7] Aug 1874
Classmark:  DAR 210.2: 40
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9592

From John Murray   12 August 1874

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Acknowledges CD’s complaint against a paper [by St George Mivart] in the last Quarterly Review [see 9568]. Agrees to print George Darwin’s answer [see 9596].

Author:  John Murray
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  12 Aug 1874
Classmark:  National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms. 41914 p. 203)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9599A

From D. T. Gardner   13 August 1874

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The Club is proposing to celebrate Humboldt’s 105th birthday and would welcome a message from CD.

Author:  Daniel T. Gardner
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  13 Aug 1874
Classmark:  DAR 97: C75
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9600

From J. D. Hooker   17 August 1874

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Describes his work on Nepenthes.

Cephalotus is a beast.

His address is a history of Dionaea, Sarracenia, and Drosera.

Thiselton-Dyer has helped enormously except with the observations; but his health is so poor that JDH thinks he is "evidently cut out for a Literate not a working botanist".

Author:  Joseph Dalton Hooker
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  17 Aug 1874
Classmark:  DAR 103: 214–18
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9602

From A. V. W. Bikkers   27 August 1874

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Reports on a crossbreed between a duck and a fowl, having duck’s beak, partly webbed feet, and fowl’s feathers.

Author:  Alexander V. W Bikkers
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  27 Aug 1874
Classmark:  DAR 160: 184
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9608

From J. A. Gammie   28 August 1874

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Sends his observations on the method of fertilisation of Hedychium coronarium by Sphinx and other hawk-moths.

Author:  James Alexander Gammie
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  28 Aug 1874
Classmark:  DAR 165: 6
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9609

From J. D. Hooker   [29 August 1874]

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Lady Dorothy Nevill is CD’s best chance for Dionaea.

Reports on Belfast meeting of BAAS. Lubbock’s lecture went off admirably. Huxley’s was the magnum opus.

Encloses letter from Mrs Barber on protective coloration of animals.

Author:  Joseph Dalton Hooker
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [29 Aug 1874]
Classmark:  DAR 103: 219–20
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9610

From Henryk Stecki   29 August 1874

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Reports observations on a chicken with a human face.

Author:  Henryk Stecki
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  29 Aug 1874
Classmark:  DAR 177: 252
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9611

From W. C. Marshall   30 August [1874]

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Sends CD a box of Pinguicula leaves.

Author:  William Cecil (Bill) Marshall
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  30 Aug [1874]
Classmark:  DAR 58.1: 125–6
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9612

From L. C. Harrison   [22 August 1874]

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Sends specimens of Pinguicula with insects adhering. [See Insectivorous plants, p. 369.]

Author:  Lucy Caroline Wedgwood; Lucy Caroline Harrison
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [22 Aug 1874]
Classmark:  DAR 58.1: 81–2
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9606

From Francis and Amy Darwin   8 August [1874]

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Describe the Pinguicula species found at Mürren. Have found seeds on some. Their large roots seem to indicate that they do not get much animal food.

Author:  Francis Darwin; Amy Richenda (Amy) Ruck; Amy Richenda (Amy) Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  8 Aug [1874]
Classmark:  DAR 58.1: 139–40
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9595