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To James Sinclair   [28 January 1882]

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His thoughts on the lack of horns in domesticated cattle.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  James Sinclair
Date:  [28 Jan 1882]
Classmark:  National Livestock Journal, August 1882, p. 363
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13648F

From James Sinclair   21 January 1882

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JS is proposing to write a detailed history of the polled Aberdeen breed of cattle [James Macdonald and James Sinclair, History of polled Aberdeen or Angus cattle (1882)] and would be grateful for any instances of hornless breeds known to CD; in particular asks his opinion on the cause of the peculiarity.

Author:  James Sinclair
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  21 Jan 1882
Classmark:  DAR 177: 174
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13634
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