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To George Newport   24 July [1851]

Summary

Asks to borrow an old pair of GN’s dissecting scissors so that Weiss & Co. can use it as a model.

Health has been poor.

Has finished MS on pedunculated cirripedes for Ray Society [Living Cirripedia, vol. 1 (1851)].

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  George Newport
Date:  24 July [1851]
Classmark:  Linnean Society of London
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-1445

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  • … another naturalist, as well as myself, namely John Lubbock, the eldest son of Sir John, my …
  • … Horace Gordon. 1914. Life of Sir John Lubbock, Lord Avebury. 2 vols. London: Macmillan. …
  • … to George Newport, 12 August [1851] ). John Lubbock had been encouraged by CD to pursue …

To George Newport   12 August [1851]

Summary

Returns scissors with thanks.

Young John Lubbock who has a strong taste for dissecting insects would benefit greatly from conversation with GN.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  George Newport
Date:  12 Aug [1851]
Classmark:  Linnean Society of London
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-1450

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  • … Returns scissors with thanks. Young John Lubbock who has a strong taste for dissecting …
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