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From Roland Trimen   2 September 1877

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Thanks for Forms of flowers.

Author:  Roland Trimen
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  2 Sept 1877
Classmark:  DAR 178: 192
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11124

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  • … DSAB ). Fairbridge had corresponded with John Lubbock about stone artefacts from South …
  • … 2000. The collecting activities of Sir John Lubbock (1834–1913) . Durham theses, Durham …

From J. F. McLennan   24 July 1877

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Asks for details on CD’s Descent references to female infanticide.

JFM’s work on the laws of incest finds strong evidence for man’s relation to animals.

Author:  John Ferguson McLennan
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  24 July 1877
Classmark:  DAR 171: 24
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11069

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  • … CD cited Félix d’Azara and mentioned John Lubbock’s views on the same page. CD’s reply has …

From Thomas Meehan   1 July 1877

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Credits himself with stimulating most of the American work on plant cross-fertilisation. Sends his review of Cross and self-fertilisation [in Penn Monthly (June 1877)]. Suggests CD, A. Gray, and TM now agree on the extent of self-fertilisation in nature.

Author:  Thomas Meehan
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  1 July 1877
Classmark:  DAR 171: 112
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11028

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  • … the views of Hermann Müller and John Lubbock (see Correspondence vol. 23, letter to Thomas …
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