From Alfred Newton 11 February 1870
Summary
Is glad to hear that CD is pleased with AN’s notice of his work on pigeons.
He will not soon forget the pleasure of his visit to Down.
| Author: | Alfred Newton |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 11 Feb 1870 |
| Classmark: | DAR 172: 48 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7103 |
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- … Alfred Newton, 9 February [1870] . CD refers to Newton’s notice of Variation , and in particular his work on pigeons, in the Zoological Record for 1868. Newton, Robert Swinhoe , Albert Günther , and Joseph Dalton Hooker visited Down between 22 and 24 January 1870 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). Rarae aves : rare birds (Latin). James McCann’s pamphlet ( McCann 1869 ) …
From Robert Swinhoe 2 February 1870
Summary
Sends a copy of Notes and Queries for Francis Galton, as it contains a reply to Galton’s circular on hereditary genius.
RS much refreshed by his trip to Down.
| Author: | Robert Swinhoe |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 2 Feb 1870 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 333 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7095 |
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- … 1869 , p. 335. No other reply has been found. Swinhoe refers to his paper, ‘On a new rat from Formosa’, first published in the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London for 1864 ( Swinhoe 1864 ). There are no offprints of the paper in the Darwin Pamphlet Collection–CUL. According to Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), Albert Günther , Alfred Newton , …
Document type
| letter | (2) |
Author
| Newton, Alfred | (1) |
| Swinhoe, Robert | (1) |
Addressee
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
Correspondent
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Newton, Alfred | (1) |
| Swinhoe, Robert | (1) |
