From Asa Gray 11 June 1872
Summary
O. N. Rood sends two copies of an amusing picture by T. F. Beard, "The young Darwinian" to AG, who forwards one to CD.
| Author: | Asa Gray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 11 June 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 106: D13–14 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8381 |
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- … From Asa Gray 11 June 1872 …
- … DAR 106: D13–14 Asa Gray Cambridge Mass. 11 June 1872 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … 11, 1872 My Dear Darwin I dare say you have long ago the clever thing referred to in Prof. Rood’s letter; I send the copy by a friend who will post it in Liverpool—so that it should reach you nearly as soon as this letter. We are closing up our domestic affairs—for a vacation-visit to California and the Rky Mts. and am much hurried. Ever yours cordially | Asa Gray …
To Asa Gray 8 July [1872]
Summary
Thanks for AG’s book, How plants behave [see 8363].
Is correcting proofs of Expression.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Asa Gray |
| Date: | 8 July [1872] |
| Classmark: | Archives of the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (107) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8402 |
To St G. J. Mivart 11 January [1872]
Summary
CD believes that StGJM has been unfair in his criticisms and has misrepresented him; he begs him not to write again. "Agassiz has uttered splendid sarcasms on me, but I still feel quite friendly towards him. M. Flourens cd. not find words to express his contempt of me: Pictet & Hopkins argued with great force against me: Fleeming Jenkin covered me with first-rate ridicule; & his crticisms were true & most useful: but none of their writings have mortified me as yours have done …" [See 8154.]
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | St George Jackson Mivart |
| Date: | 11 Jan [1872] |
| Classmark: | Karpeles Manuscript Library Museums |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8156A |
From Chauncey Wright 24 May 1872
Summary
Has replied [in North Am. Rev. 115 (1872): 1–30] to Mivart’s communication to the North American Review [114 (1872): 451–68].
Discusses the degree of fixedness of different characters in organisms.
| Author: | Chauncey Wright |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 24 May 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 181: 168 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8351 |
From Asa Gray 6 October 1872
Summary
Discusses the coiling of tendrils of climbing plants.
AG’s recent tour of the U. S.
| Author: | Asa Gray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 6 Oct 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 165: 181 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8545 |
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| Mivart, S. G. J. | (1) |
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