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To T. H. Huxley   23 April [1853]

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On THH’s paper on cephalous Mollusca [Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. 143 (1853) pt 1: 29–66]. Discovery of the type or "idea" (in THH’s sense, not Owen’s or Agassiz’s) is one of the highest ends of natural history.

Discusses anamorphism;

position of heart in Cleodora.

Variability within species;

cementing process in cirripedes.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Thomas Henry Huxley
Date:  23 Apr [1853]
Classmark:  Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 4)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-1480

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  • … II and di Gregorio 1984, pp.  22–35). Richard Owen and Louis …

To E. A. Darwin   26 [April 1853]

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Writes concerning marriage trust.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Erasmus Alvey Darwin
Date:  26 [Apr 1853]
Classmark:  DAR 210.10: 19, 22
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-1380

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  • … DAR 210.10: 19, 22 Charles Robert Darwin Down 26 [Apr 1853] …

To Edward Cresy   15 May [1853]

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Apologises for the trouble he has given EC. CD has given up the siphon plan and intends to make only an ordinary tank with a pump.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Edward Cresy, Jr
Date:  15 May [1853]
Classmark:  R. M. Smythe (dealer) (March 2002)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-1682

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  • … was paid £32 3 s . 7 d . on 22 April 1853 and £40 15 s . on …

To J. A. H. de Bosquet   18 June 1853

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Thanks for fossil cirripede specimens. Comments on various specimens.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Joseph Augustin Hubert de Bosquet
Date:  18 June 1853
Classmark:  DAR 143: 126
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-1520

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  • … Fossil Cirripedia (1851):  22). Mitella was a synonym for …

To J. A. H. de Bosquet   17 July 1853

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Discusses valves in Scalpellum. Comments on JAHdeB’s research on cirripedes.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Joseph Augustin Hubert de Bosquet
Date:  17 July 1853
Classmark:  DAR 143: 127
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-1523

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  • … Fossil Cirripedia (1851):  22), but he corrected the number …
  • … n. In Fossil Cirripedia (1851):  22, CD concluded ‘without …
  • … in Fossil Cirripedia (1851):  22 (see also Correspondence …

To J. D. Hooker   25 September [1853]

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Further response to MS of introductory essay to Flora Novae-Zelandiae.

Disbelieving in permanence of species has made little difference to CD in his barnacle work.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:  25 Sept [1853]
Classmark:  DAR 114: 150
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-1532

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  • … expression of p.  21. & p.  22. (marked) rather puzzled me …