To Samuel Smiles 16 December 1876
Summary
Has written via John Murray to thank for SS’s biography of Thomas Edward (Smiles 1876).
Is happy to sign a memorial concerning a Civil List pension for Thomas Edward.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Samuel Smiles |
| Date: | 16 Dec 1876 |
| Classmark: | Kenneth W. Rendell (dealer) (no date) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10720F |
From Julius von Haast 16 December 1876
Summary
Sends a passage relevant to Pangenesis [on regional accents distinguishable in the speech of those born deaf] from Life, letters, and journals of George Ticknor [ed. G. S. Hillard, vol. 1 (1876)], p. 196.
Tells of the controversy about evolution raging in Dunedin, with clergy playing a prominent part.
| Author: | John Francis Julius (Julius) von Haast |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 16 Dec 1876 |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 13 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10722 |
From Robert Shaw 16 December 1876
Summary
Discusses further his theory relating to the soaring capacity of birds.
Mentions hybrids produced by various crossings of game-birds.
| Author: | Robert James (Robert) Shaw |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 16 Dec 1876 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 155 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10723 |
From Alphonse de Candolle 16 December 1876
Summary
Thanks for Cross and self-fertilisation.
Discusses geographical implications of inbreeding. Can the length of time an insular flora has been isolated be estimated by its weakness due to inbreeding?
| Author: | Alphonse de Candolle |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 16 Dec 1876 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 19 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10724 |
From Peter Henderson 16 December 1876
Summary
His long experience with propagation of Cytisus and other "sports".
| Author: | Peter Henderson |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 16 Dec 1876 |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 141 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10725 |
| letter | (5) |
| Candolle, Alphonse de | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
| Haast, Julius von | (1) |
| Henderson, Peter | (1) |
| Shaw, Robert | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (4) |
| Smiles, Samuel | (1) |
| Candolle, Alphonse de | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (5) |
| Haast, Julius von | (1) |
| Henderson, Peter | (1) |
| Shaw, Robert | (1) |
| Smiles, Samuel | (1) |
