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To M. S. Vaughan Williams   [after 17 August 1881?]

Summary

Thanks MSVW for her letter and visit.

Tells her about Ralph [Vaughan Williams] and his tip.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Margaret Susan Wedgwood; Margaret Susan Vaughan Williams
Date:  [after 17 Aug 1881?]
Classmark:  The British Library (MS Mus. 1714/5/3)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13289F

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To K. E. S., L. C., and M. S. Wedgwood   4 [August 1862]

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Their enumeration [of forms of Lythrum?] is invaluable. He will write later to explain what he is trying to prove about Lythrum through laborious crosses.

Asks for flowers of both forms of Hottonia to measure pollen and compare stigmas.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Katherine Elizabeth Sophy (Sophy) Wedgwood; Margaret Susan Wedgwood; Margaret Susan Vaughan Williams; Lucy Caroline Wedgwood; Lucy Caroline Harrison
Date:  4 [Aug 1862]
Classmark:  DAR 185: 127
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-4373

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To Frances Mosley Wedgwood   5 March [1860 or later]

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Thanks for a shell of an edible mollusc and also specimens of blind cave animals, which he will present in FW’s name to the British Museum.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Frances Mosley (Fanny Frank) Mosley; Frances Mosley (Fanny Frank) Wedgwood
Date:  
Classmark:  Alan Wedgwood (private collection)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11310F

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To F. M. Wedgwood   5 March [1860–9]

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Thanks for a shell of an edible mollusc and also specimens of blind cave animals, which he will present in FW’s name to the British Museum.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Frances Mosley (Fanny Frank) Mosley; Frances Mosley (Fanny Frank) Wedgwood
Date:  5 Mar [1860–9]
Classmark:  Alan Wedgwood (private collection)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-5984F

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From Margaret Susan Wedgwood   [before 4 August 1862]

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Proportions of different forms of Lythrum.

Author:  Margaret Susan Wedgwood; Margaret Susan Vaughan Williams
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [before 4 Aug 1862]
Classmark:  DAR 181: 64
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-3681

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From M. S. Wedgwood   [6 August 1862]

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Looked for Hottonia but with little success.

Author:  Margaret Susan Wedgwood; Margaret Susan Vaughan Williams
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [6 Aug 1862]
Classmark:  DAR 181
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-3674

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To Thomas Salt   24 December 1851

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Asking Thomas Salt to inform the Executors of Captain Muckleston that he wishes to foreclose the mortgage.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Thomas Salt
Date:  24 Dec 1851
Classmark:  Rachel Salt (private collection); sold by Spink’s (dealers), July 2018
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-1465F

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  • … remain | My dear Sir | Yours sincerely | C. R. Darwin Josiah Wedgwood M ss . Salt & Son. …

From W. E. Darwin   6 January 1881

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Passes on legal advice.

Author:  William Erasmus Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  6 Jan 1881
Classmark:  Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 85)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12980F

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