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From P. H. Pye-Smith   19 December 1881

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Urges CD to write on vivisection for Nineteenth Century or suggest a competent scientific author. Forming an association to forward interests of vivisectionists.

Author:  Philip Henry Pye-Smith
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  19 Dec 1881
Classmark:  DAR 174: 82
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13566

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  • … to help. We (Burdon Sanderson, Michael Foster Brunton & myself) have thought among others …
  • … Society . John Scott Burdon Sanderson , Michael Foster , Thomas Lauder Brunton , and Pye- …

To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer   9 April 1881

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About Francis Darwin’s application for election to [Royal] Society.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Date:  9 Apr 1881
Classmark:  Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Darwin: Letters to Thiselton-Dyer, 1873–81: ff. 218–19)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13109

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  • … as a fellow of the Royal Society by Michael Foster in January 1881, but he was not elected …

From J. H. Gilbert   22 February 1881

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The laboratory has scarcely any experimental evidence on acidity of humus soil and earthworm excreta. Refers CD to some sources of information.

Author:  Joseph Henry Gilbert
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  22 Feb 1881
Classmark:  DAR 165: 43
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13063

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  • … itself—uric acid for example? —perhaps Michael Foster would give an answer on this point— …