From E. L. Williams to George Cupples 10 February 1874
Summary
Breeders prefer to destroy bitch pups.
| Author: | Williams, E. L. |
| Addressee: | George Cupples |
| Date: | 10 Feb 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 90: 91–2 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9279 |
From George Cupples 21 February 1874
Summary
Answers to queries are being sent.
Enclosure 1: statistics on puppies bred by Rayner in 1873.
Enclosure 2 from W. N. Massey: number of males or females raised depends entirely on preference of greyhound breeders.
Enclosure 3 from E. L. Williams: breeders prefer to destroy bitch pups.
Enclosure 4: Thomas Morse answers CD’s three queries, transmitted by GC: (1) in deerhounds, females predominate, three to one; (2) in all but cattle, females are less worth preserving; (3) TM rears all the young.
Enclosure 5: John Wright responds to CD’s queries about proportion of sexes in births of horses, cattle, and dogs.
Enclosure 6: G. W. Hickman cannot give reliable answers to CD’s queries on proportion of sexes born [in greyhounds?].
| Author: | George Cupples |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 21 Feb 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 90: 91–2, 94–7, 102–13, 117–19; DAR 161: 301 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9309 |
From T. H. Huxley 27 January 1874
Summary
Reports to CD on a spiritualist séance attended by himself (incognito) and G. H. Darwin.
| Author: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 27 Jan 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 154: 128 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9256 |
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- … 1874 (see ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)), a séance had been held in the home of his brother, Erasmus Alvey Darwin . CD had not been present for most of the time, but had reported some impressions of the event. See letter to J. D. Hooker, 18 January [1874] . Charles E. Williams was the medium. In a printed version of this report (L. …
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| Cupples, George | (1) |
| Huxley, T. H. | (1) |
| Williams, E. L. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Cupples, George | (1) |
| Cupples, George | (2) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Huxley, T. H. | (1) |
| Williams, E. L. | (1) |
| 1874 | (3) |
