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From D. Thomas [after 11 March 1871]
Summary
CD is "bent upon linking the monkey race to us"; DT finds it striking that CD should so resemble an ape.
| Author: | D. Thomas |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [after 11 Mar 1871] |
| Classmark: | DAR 178: 108 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13849 |
From A. R. Wallace 11 March 1871
Summary
Admiration for vol. 2 of Descent, and plans for his review of it for the Academy [2 (1871): 177–82].
News of his new residence.
| Author: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 11 Mar 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 106: B98–9 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7569 |
From Arthur Nicols 11 March 1871
Summary
His previous account of Phascolarctos was based on notes made at the time of observation.
His report of the successful adoption of a koala infant by a cat comes from a trustworthy observer.
| Author: | Robert Arthur (Arthur) Nicols |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 11 Mar 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 172: 56 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7570 |
From B. J. Sulivan 11 March 1871
Summary
Recounts case of parrot whose talking seems to show "power of connecting definite sounds with definite ideas" [see Descent, 2d ed., p. 85 n.].
Has not seen CD’s daughter yet. Hopes the fine weather will continue while she is there [in Bournemouth].
| Author: | Bartholomew James Sulivan |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 11 Mar 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 87: 96–100, DAR 177: 296 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7571 |
From John Jeremiah 11 March 1871
Summary
Case of cat transmitting a habit to her offspring.
| Author: | John Jeremiah |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 11 Mar 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 87: 101–2 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7572 |
Document type
| letter | (5) |
Author
| Jeremiah, John | (1) |
| Nicols, Arthur | (1) |
| Sulivan, B. J. | (1) |
| Thomas, D. | (1) |
| Wallace, A. R. | (1) |
Correspondent
| Darwin, C. R. | (5) |
| Jeremiah, John | (1) |
| Nicols, Arthur | (1) |
| Sulivan, B. J. | (1) |
| Thomas, D. | (1) |
