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To Michael Foster   29 [June 1871]

Summary

Thanks him for curare.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Michael Foster
Date:  29 [June 1871]
Classmark:  American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.401)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7837

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  • … Darwin, C. R. Foster, Michael
  • … To Michael Foster   29 [June 1871] …
  • … Robert Darwin London Queen Anne St, 6 Down letterhead 29 [June 1871] Michael Foster
  • … the relationship between this letter and the letter from Michael Foster, [26 June 1871] . …
  • … See letter from Michael Foster, [26 June 1871] . …
  • … See letter to Michael Foster, 26 June [1871] and n.   …
  • … 4, and letter from Michael Foster, [26 June 1871] . CD spent most of August 1871 at …

To Michael Foster   6 June [1871]

Summary

Comments on MF’s "little essay" [see 7800].

Invites him to visit.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Michael Foster
Date:  6 June [1871]
Classmark:  American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.419)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7803

Matches: 5 hits

  • … Darwin, C. R. Foster, Michael
  • … To Michael Foster   6 June [1871] …
  • … Society (Mss.B.D25.419) Charles Robert Darwin Down 6 June [1871] Michael Foster
  • … the relationship between this letter and the letter from Michael Foster, 4 June [1871] . …
  • … See letter from Michael Foster, 4 June [1871] . No record of Foster’s visiting has been …

To Michael Foster   26 June [1871]

Summary

Invites MF to visit.

Asks where he can obtain curare for plant experiment.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Michael Foster
Date:  26 June [1871]
Classmark:  American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.400)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7832

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  • … Darwin, C. R. Foster, Michael
  • … To Michael Foster   26 June [1871] …
  • … Charles Robert Darwin London, Queen Anne St, 6 26 June [1871] Michael Foster
  • … See letter from Michael Foster, 25 June 1871 . CD returned home on 30 June 1871. He spent …

To Michael Foster   16 April 1871

Summary

Encloses two questions he hopes MF can answer: the mechanism of transmission by nerves; and the mechanism by which contemplating part of our body, we become conscious of its existence

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Michael Foster
Date:  16 Apr 1871
Classmark:  Natural History Museum, Library and Archives (General Special Collections DC AL 1/16); DAR 195.1: 11–13
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7689G

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  • … Darwin, C. R. Foster, Michael
  • … To Michael Foster   16 April 1871 …
  • … Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. Foster, Michael. 1869. Mouvements involuntaires chez …
  • … DC AL 1/16); DAR 195.1: 11–13 Charles Robert Darwin 16 Apr 1871 Down Michael Foster
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