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From W. D. Fox   [before 1 March 1866]

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Would much like to see Dr Birchfield appointed superintendent of the new asylum at Woking.

Author:  William Darwin Fox
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [before 1 Mar 1866]
Classmark:  DAR 164: 205
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13808

From Maxwell Tylden Masters   March 1866

Summary

As Honorary Secretary of the Botanical Congress he asks that CD’s name be listed as a member of its committee.

Author:  Maxwell Tylden Masters
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  Mar 1866
Classmark:  DAR 171: 74
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-5022

From Frederick Smith   March 1866

Summary

Discusses the stinging habits of wasps and bees and whether or not they leave their sting in the wound.

Author:  Frederick Smith
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  Mar 1866
Classmark:  DAR 177: 197
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-5023

From Charles Lyell   1 March 1866

Summary

Feels sure that at times the globe must have been superficially cooler. Believes CD will turn out right with regard to migration across the equator via mountain chains, while the tropical heat of certain lowlands was retained.

Author:  Charles Lyell, 1st baronet
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  1 Mar 1866
Classmark:  DAR 91: 89–90
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-5024