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From W. B. Tegetmeier   17 February 1874

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Gives the answers of two of the best dog breeders to CD’s queries.

Author:  William Bernhard Tegetmeier
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  17 Feb 1874
Classmark:  DAR 90: 98–9
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9298

From Octavius Pickard-Cambridge   17 February 1874

Summary

Criticises sexual selection theory. Supports natural selection.

Gives CD references on proportion of sexes in spiders.

Author:  Octavius Pickard-Cambridge
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  17 Feb 1874
Classmark:  DAR 161: 7
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9299

To G. E. Shuttleworth   17 February [1874]

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At the suggestion of Crichton-Browne CD writes on behalf of his son George, who is making a study of marriages between first cousins and of their offspring to determine the proportion of the latter who may be among the insane, deaf and dumb, idiotic, blind etc. Is GES willing to ask his patients [at the Royal Albert Asylum] for the information relevant to this study?

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  George Edward Shuttleworth
Date:  17 Feb [1874]
Classmark:  Wellcome Collection (MS.5134)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9299A