To W. B. Tegetmeier 8 May [1861]
Summary
Thanks WBT for information on pigeons and poultry.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
Date: | 8 May [1861] |
Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4830 |
To W. B. Tegetmeier 2 June [1865]
Summary
Has lost time through illness.
Suggests an experiment to see whether the progeny of a pigeon cross are affected by a previous impregnation.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
Date: | 2 June [1865] |
Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4848 |
To William Bernhard Tegetmeier 16 January [1866]
Summary
What progress has been made with pigeon drawings for Variation?
Can WBT persuade Mr Zurhorst to repeat a pigeon experiment?
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
Date: | 16 Jan [1866] |
Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4977 |
To W. B. Tegetmeier 9 July [1866]
Summary
WBT’s fowls’ skulls are being engraved; will see pigeon illustration proofs when he can.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
Date: | 9 July [1866] |
Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5152 |
To W. B. Tegetmeier 4 August [1866]
Summary
Comments on pigeon and poultry woodcuts.
Observations and queries on poultry.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
Date: | 4 Aug [1866] |
Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5176 |
To W. B. Tegetmeier 10 August [1866]
Summary
Thanks WBT for help with woodcuts [for Variation].
Has returned WBT’s curious feathers.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
Date: | 10 Aug [1866] |
Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5187 |
To W. B. Tegetmeier 14 September [1866]
Summary
Blocks for Variation are much improved. WBT deserves membership in Zoological Society.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
Date: | 14 Sept [1866] |
Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5212 |
To W. B. Tegetmeier 16 October [1866]
Summary
Hopes to begin printing Variation at the beginning of next year.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
Date: | 16 Oct [1866] |
Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5244 |
To W. B. Tegetmeier 4 December [1866]
Summary
Is tempted to cite Mr Zurhorst’s case.
Hopes to send pigeon and fowl MS [of Variation] to press in a fortnight.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
Date: | 4 Dec [1866] |
Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5293 |
To W. B. Tegetmeier 12 December [1866]
Summary
Gives his opinion on the ancestry of domestic ducks, geese, and guinea-fowl.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
Date: | 12 Dec [1866] |
Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5301 |
To W. B. Tegetmeier 18 [December 1866]
Summary
Thanks for calling his attention to ancestry of guinea-fowl.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
Date: | 18 [Dec 1866] |
Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5311 |
To William Bernhard Tegetmeier 6 January [1867]
Summary
Returns some of WBT’s skulls.
His MS is with printer, but book [Variation] will probably not be out until November.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
Date: | 6 Jan [1867] |
Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5347 |
To W. B. Tegetmeier 2 February [1864]
Summary
Returns WBT’s box of skulls. One or two skulls may be elsewhere, but CD does not have the strength to search for them.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
Date: | 2 Feb [1864] |
Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5389 |
To W. B. Tegetmeier 5 March [1867]
Summary
Asks whether WBT can carry out poultry mating experiments for him.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
Date: | 5 Mar [1867] |
Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5431 |
To W. B. Tegetmeier 30 March [1867]
Summary
Believes beauty of male bird important for attracting mate in wild. Will be interested to hear how a dyed male pigeon is received by the hens.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
Date: | 30 Mar [1867] |
Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5475 |
To W. B. Tegetmeier 20 April [1867]
Summary
Sends the revisions in the latest edition of Origin.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
Date: | 20 Apr [1867] |
Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5507 |
To W. B. Tegetmeier 4 August [1867]
Summary
Thanks WBT for proofs of his new book [Pigeons (1868)].
Hopes he still intends to try the experiment with dyed pigeons.
Was surprised to hear of B. P. Brent’s death.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
Date: | 4 Aug [1867] |
Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5593 |
To W. B. Tegetmeier 11 February [1868]
Summary
Wants information on sex ratios in domestic animals. Can WBT help?
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
Date: | 11 Feb [1868] |
Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5859 |
To W. B. Tegetmeier 15 February [1868]
Summary
Is much obliged that WBT will undertake tabulation of sex ratios in racehorses, greyhounds, and cattle.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
Date: | 15 Feb [1868] |
Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5879 |
To W. B. Tegetmeier 21 February [1868]
Summary
Thanks WBT for tabulation of sex ratios in racehorses.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
Date: | 21 Feb [1868] |
Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5906 |
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