From Thomas Meehan 22 September 1874
Summary
Sends CD his photo
and a copy of his address at Hartford ["Change by gradual modification not the universal law", Proc. Am. Assoc. Adv. Sci. (1874) pt 2: 7–12]. Does not believe his observations are unfavourable to natural selection but feels there are other factors involved in the origin of form.
Discusses further his work on colour and sex in plants; the linking of high colour and maleness.
| Author: | Thomas Meehan |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 22 Sept 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 110 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9651 |
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- … letter to Thomas Meehan, 19 March [1873] . Meehan refers to Edward Drinker Cope and Joseph George Rosengarten . Meehan refers to his address ‘Change by gradual modification not the universal law’ delivered to the American Association for the Advancement of Science at Hartford, Conn. , on 13 August 1874 ( …
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| letter | (1) |
Author
| Meehan, Thomas | (1) |
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| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
| Meehan, Thomas | (1) |
Date
| 1874 | (1) |
