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To Philip Henry Stanhope   30 July [1852]

Summary

Declines invitation to Chevening [Lord Stanhope’s residence].

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Philip Henry Stanhope, 5th Earl Stanhope
Date:  30 July [1852]
Classmark:  Archives of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ernst Mayr Library, Harvard University (bMs 7.10.3 (1))
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13844

To Richard Owen   17 July [1852]

Summary

Gratified by what RO says about his book [Living Cirripedia, vol. 1 (1851)]. The anatomical work is the only part he is really interested in; finds the "mere systematic part infinitely tedious"; but will be surprised if he is ever proved wrong on the males of Ibla and Scalpellum.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Richard Owen
Date:  17 July [1852]
Classmark:  Natural History Museum, Library and Archives (General Special Collections Owen correspondence 9/188)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-1484

To John Higgins   29 July [1852]

Summary

Thanks JH for his exposition of the effects of falling grain and lifestock prices on farm income.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  John Higgins
Date:  29 July [1852]
Classmark:  Lincolnshire Archives (HIG/4/2/2/3)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-1484G