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From J. D. Hooker   2 October 1879

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JDH looking for a gardener for CD’s unusual needs.

Author:  Joseph Dalton Hooker
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  2 Oct 1879
Classmark:  DAR 104: 131–2
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12242

From Ernst Krause   2 October 1879

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Has returned corrected sheets [of Erasmus Darwin] to Dallas. [CD’s note forwards this letter to a third person, presumably W. S. Dallas.]

Author:  Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  2 Oct 1879
Classmark:  DAR 92: B43
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12243

To Harvard University Library?   2 October [1879]

Summary

Sends postal order for Samuel Scudder’s Catalogue [of scientific serials (1879)].

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Harvard University Library
Date:  2 Oct [1879]
Classmark:  Boston Public Library
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12244

To C. G. Semper   2 October 1879

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Discusses CGS’s account of Pellew Islands. Still believes atolls and barrier reefs in Pacific indicate subsidence. But cases like Pellew Islands, if frequent, would make his conclusions of little value.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Carl Gottfried Semper
Date:  2 Oct 1879
Classmark:  Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Düsseldorf (slg 60/Dok/61)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12245

To Gustaf Retzius   2 October 1879

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CD invites MGR and his wife to lunch. Travel directions. Regrets that he will be unable to converse for more than an hour and a half. [See 12246.]

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Magnus Gustaf (Gustaf) Retzius
Date:  2 Oct 1879
Classmark:  Centrum för vetenskapshistoria, Kungl. Vetenskapsakademien (Gustaf Retzius arkiv, Inbundna serien, Engelsmän I, s 37)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12245A