To William Bernhard Tegetmeier 5 February [1869]
Summary
Repeats request for information on colours of plumage of poultry breeds and asks for WBT’s facts on proportions of sexes.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
Date: | 5 Feb [1869] |
Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6600 |
To W. B. Tegetmeier 25 February [1869]
Summary
Inquires about colour and development of plumage of poultry breeds. Is endeavouring to trace sexual differences throughout the animal kingdom.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
Date: | 25 Feb [1869] |
Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6633 |
To W. B. Tegetmeier 17 April 1869
Summary
Wants information on plumage of chickens
and table of sex ratios in greyhounds.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
Date: | 17 Apr 1869 |
Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6698 |
From W. B. Tegetmeier [before 18 April 1869]
Author: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [before 18 Apr 1869] |
Classmark: | DAR 85: B29–33 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6700 |
To W. B. Tegetmeier 18 April [1869]
Summary
Thanks for greyhound table; interested in transmission of colour in greyhounds and relationship to sex.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
Date: | 18 Apr [1869] |
Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6702 |
From W. B. Tegetmeier 30 June 1869
Summary
Forwards a basket of eggs of pile game fowl.
Author: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 30 June 1869 |
Classmark: | DAR 142: 49c |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6808 |
To W. B. Tegetmeier 2 July [1869]
Summary
Thanks for procuring eggs.
CD’s health has necessitated his leaving home.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
Date: | 2 July [1869] |
Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6811 |
From W. B. Tegetmeier 20 July 1869
Summary
Sends C. M. Browne’s notes on transmission of colour in greyhounds [see Variation, 2d ed., 2: 40]
and a letter from Major Holland.
WBT to visit America.
Author: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 20 July 1869 |
Classmark: | DAR 178: 81 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6837 |
To W. B. Tegetmeier 21 July [1869]
Summary
Further queries on poultry plumage.
WBT’s visit to America.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
Date: | 21 July [1869] |
Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6839 |
To W. B. Tegetmeier 25 August 1869
Summary
Inquires about the differences in plumage between chicks and adults of certain poultry breeds. Is anxious to know whether the chick’s plumage closely approaches the adult’s in those breeds in which the sexes resemble each other in plumage.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
Date: | 25 Aug 1869 |
Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6870 |
To W. B. Tegetmeier 28 September [1869]
Summary
He will send carrier to the Field office to collect pigeons.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
Date: | 28 Sept [1869] |
Classmark: | Christie’s (dealers) (6 June 2001) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6915F |
To W. B. Tegetmeier 1 October [1869]
Summary
Chickens have arrived safely.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
Date: | 1 Oct [1869] |
Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6921 |
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Tegetmeier, W. B. | (3) |
Tegetmeier, W. B. | (9) |
Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
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Tegetmeier, W. B. | (12) |