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To T. H. Farrer   5 June 1868

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"I have seen the action on Ophrys exactly as you describe and am thoroughly ashamed of my inaccuracy."

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer
Date:  5 June 1868
Classmark:  Linnean Society of London (LS Ms 299/3)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-6230

From J. D. Hooker   5 June 1868

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Horrified to find he has forgotten to announce birth of daughter.

Author:  Joseph Dalton Hooker
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  5 June 1868
Classmark:  DAR 102: 214–15
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-6231

To J. J. Weir   5 June 1868

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Sorry JJW cannot visit.

Will go to sea-side for five weeks at end of July.

Does Vidua have double annual moult? [See Descent 2: 181.]

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  John Jenner Weir
Date:  5 June 1868
Classmark:  DAR 148: 317; Duke University, Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library (RL.10387)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-6232
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