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From John Jenner Weir   17 March 1870

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Describes the unusual appearance of a horse whose mother had previously borne a foal by a quagga. The effect of one mating on the subsequent pregnancy of another mating is explained by JJW using Pangenesis.

Author:  John Jenner Weir
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  17 Mar 1870
Classmark:  DAR 181: 81
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7137

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  • … colts to a black Arabian horse. George Busk . Weir refers either to John Christopher …

From William Boyd Dawkins   29 January [1870]

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Discovery of skull of "River-bed" race of man near Corwen.

Author:  William Boyd Dawkins
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  29 Jan [1870]
Classmark:  DAR 162: 122
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-6582

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  • … of the tibia ( OED ). Thomas Oldham . George Busk and Dawkins described the human remains …
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