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From T. L. Brunton   5 December 1879

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Thanks for copy of Erasmus Darwin.

Author:  Thomas Lauder Brunton, 1st baronet
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  5 Dec 1879
Classmark:  DAR 99: 186
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12343

From A. H. Payne   5 December 1879

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Asks CD to express his opinion on vivisection to help the anti-vivisection cause in Germany.

Author:  Albert Henry Payne
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  5 Dec 1879
Classmark:  DAR 174: 32
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12344

From F. B. Goodacre   8 December 1879

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The hybrid geese FBG sent to CD were brother and sister from the same hatch. Would greatly value a copy of Nature containing CD’s letter.

Author:  Francis Burges Goodacre
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  8 Dec 1879
Classmark:  DAR 165: 69
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12346

From W. E. Darwin   [8 December 1879]

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Returns Guthrie. Comments at length on Guthrie’s critique of Spencer.

Author:  William Erasmus Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [8 Dec 1879]
Classmark:  Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 72)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12346F

From J. W. Judd   9 December 1879

Summary

Sorry he was out when CD came to visit.

Author:  John Wesley Judd
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  9 Dec 1879
Classmark:  DAR 168: 85
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12347

From J. F. Moulton   10 December 1879

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At CD’s request he has read Malcolm Guthrie’s book [On Mr Spencer’s formula of evolution (1879)], which is a critique of First principles. He finds it a helpful clarification of Spencer’s views; however, it is as pseudo-scientific as the book it criticises.

Author:  John Fletcher Moulton, Baron Moulton
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  10 Dec 1879
Classmark:  DAR 171: 278
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12350

From Raphael Meldola   11 December 1879

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Sends subscription form for English edition of Weismann’s Studien.

Author:  Raphael Meldola
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  11 Dec 1879
Classmark:  DAR 171: 139
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12351

From A. G. Butler   13 December 1879

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Supplies facts on the colours of each sex in butterflies from the genera Ornithoptera and Heterochroa.

Author:  Arthur Gardiner Butler
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  13 Dec 1879
Classmark:  DAR 160: 391
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12355

From J. F. Moulton   13 December 1879

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Herbert Spencer, though not the scientific thinker he sees himself to be, was extremely important in conditioning the generation’s acceptance of evolution. Compares Spencer and Robert Chambers as teachers, rather than discoverers, of new ideas.

Author:  John Fletcher Moulton, Baron Moulton
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  13 Dec 1879
Classmark:  DAR 171: 279
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12356

From A. B. Buckley   16 December 1879

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On Wallace’s need for a regular income. He has been rejected as Superintendent of Epping Forest. Thinks men such as Lubbock, Hooker, and CD might help.

Author:  Arabella Burton Buckley
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  16 Dec 1879
Classmark:  DAR 160: 366
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12358

From J. D. Hooker   18 December 1879

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Argues against pension for Wallace because of his spiritualism; the underhanded way he brought about discussion of spiritualism at BAAS; his pocketing money from a bet on the sphericity of the earth; his lack of absolute poverty.

Author:  Joseph Dalton Hooker
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  18 Dec 1879
Classmark:  DAR 104: 136–7
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12362

From A. B. Buckley   19 December 1879

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Thanks CD for acting on her suggestion about getting Wallace an income; acknowledges the difficulty. Is not sure Wallace would accept government money for doing nothing in return.

Author:  Arabella Burton Buckley
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  19 Dec 1879
Classmark:  DAR 160: 367
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12364

From A. B. Buckley   20 December 1879

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Thanks CD for trouble over Wallace, even though success not assured.

Author:  Arabella Burton Buckley
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  20 Dec 1879
Classmark:  DAR 160: 368
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12366

From Adam Fitch   20 December 1879

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Questions CD on the possibility of selecting disease-resisting potatoes to produce ultimately a disease-resistant variety.

Author:  Adam Fitch
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  20 Dec 1879
Classmark:  DAR 164: 129
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12367

From R. W. Dixon   20 December 1879

Summary

RWD has read "with deep interest" Erasmus Darwin. He has copies of four letters from Erasmus Darwin to his great-grandfather, Richard Dixon, and he encloses a copy of the most interesting one.

Author:  Robert Walker Dixon
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  20 Dec 1879
Classmark:  DAR 218: D2, D3
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12368

From Lewis Wright   22 December 1879

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Is sending CD his Illustrated book of poultry in which the chapter on the "Origin of the domestic fowl" may be of interest.

He ventures to mention several errors in Variation.

Mentions the late Mr Lane of Bristol, a celebrated Spanish breeder (of poultry).

Author:  Lewis Wright
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  22 Dec 1879
Classmark:  CUL, Darwin Pamphlet Collection Q301 (tipped into L. Wright [1873], pt 21)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12368A

From R. W. Dixon   [after 20 December 1879]

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Three letters from Erasmus Darwin to Dixon’s great-grandfather, transcribed by Dixon. Enclosure to a missing letter.

Author:  Robert Walker Dixon
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [after 20 Dec 1879]
Classmark:  DAR 218: D1
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12368F

From R. A. Job   23 December 1879

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RAJ is the son of cousins and wishes to marry his cousin. Is anxious for information on consanguineous marriages and on the advisability of his proposed marriage.

Author:  Robert Arthur Job
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  23 Dec 1879
Classmark:  DAR 168: 64
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12369

From James Torbitt   25 December 1879

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Reports that Phylloxera-resistant vines have been found in an infected region of Portugal.

Author:  James Torbitt
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  25 Dec 1879
Classmark:  DAR 178: 159
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12370

From C. E. Ferguson   27 December 1879

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Asks for a list of books on evolution relating to man.

Author:  Charles Eugene Ferguson
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  27 Dec 1879
Classmark:  DAR 201: 10
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12371
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