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To G. H. Darwin   [23 April 1877]

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"Frank has sent the cards here."

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  George Howard Darwin
Date:  [23 Apr 1877]
Classmark:  DAR 210.1: 58
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-10937

To G. H. Darwin   [3 June 1877]

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Has not yet heard from Cambridge. Thinks perhaps they do not intend to give him the degree.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  George Howard Darwin
Date:  [3 June 1877]
Classmark:  DAR 210.1: 59
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-10946

To G. H. Darwin   30 May [1877]

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Has not yet received letter [about Cambridge honorary LL.D.].

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  George Howard Darwin
Date:  30 May [1877]
Classmark:  Natural History Museum, Library and Archives (General Special Collections MSS DAR A26)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-10976

To G. H. Darwin   18 [October 1877]

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Sends a query he would like GHD to put to Clerk Maxwell: why does a sponged leaf dry more rapidly, although sponging cannot remove the waxy bloom from the minute pores through which it is secreted?

Is very glad to hear about tides in the earth.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  George Howard Darwin
Date:  18 [Oct 1877]
Classmark:  DAR 210.1: 61–2
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11008

To G. H. Darwin   [after 28 October 1877]

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Has given dates [for the Cambridge University honorary degree] to the Vice-Chancellor.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  George Howard Darwin
Date:  [after 28 Oct 1877]
Classmark:  DAR 210.1: 60
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11216

To G. H. Darwin   21 November [1877]

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Asks GHD to determine whether there are worm-castings in cloisters of [Neville?] Court.

Enjoyed his visit to Cambridge. Asks for newspaper account of the LL.D.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  George Howard Darwin
Date:  21 Nov [1877]
Classmark:  DAR 210.1: 64
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11246

To G. H. Darwin   24 November [1877]

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Thinks he had better not sign GHD’s paper [as a candidate for F.R.S.], since he obviously is no judge of the quality of his work.

Asks if Thomson did not overlook heat generated by the crushing and folding of strata during the refrigeration of the globe.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  George Howard Darwin
Date:  24 Nov [1877]
Classmark:  DAR 210.1: 65
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11251
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