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From Francis Galton   2 June 1875

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Interested to hear about the peas.

Author:  Francis Galton
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  2 June 1875
Classmark:  DAR 105: A79
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-10005

From Francis Galton   22 September 1875

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Thinks CD’s case of twins with crooked fingers may be one from his twin study.

Author:  Francis Galton
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  22 Sept 1875
Classmark:  DAR 105: A80–1
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-10163

From Francis Galton   24 September 1875

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Sends a lecture CD wished to see

and corrects himself about the twins.

Author:  Francis Galton
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  24 Sept 1875
Classmark:  DAR 105: A82
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-10169

From Francis Galton   3 November 1875

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Outlines a memoir he will give at the Anthropological Society in which he differs theoretically with Pangenesis.

Author:  Francis Galton
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  3 Nov 1875
Classmark:  DAR 105: A83–A86
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-10238

From Francis Galton   5 November 1875

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Sends a proof of his "Theory of heredity" from the Contemporary Review [27 (1875): 80–95; revised in J. Anthropol. Inst. 5 (1876): 329–48]. Welcomes CD’s help and criticism.

Author:  Francis Galton
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  5 Nov 1875
Classmark:  DAR 105: A87
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-10243

From Francis Galton   8 November 1875

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Responds to suggestions and criticisms CD made to "theory of heredity" [see 10245].

Author:  Francis Galton
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  8 Nov 1875
Classmark:  DAR 105: A88–9
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-10250

From Francis Galton   26 November 1875

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Thanks for the peas which arrived in "beautiful order".

Author:  Francis Galton
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  26 Nov 1875
Classmark:  DAR 105: A90–1
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-10278

From Francis Galton   19 December 1875

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Outlines in simple form the statistical distribution of inherited characteristics in a theory of "organic units".

Author:  Francis Galton
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  19 Dec 1875
Classmark:  DAR 105: A92–3
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-10309

From Francis Galton   16 February 1876

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Sends packets of seeds of peas of different sizes [i.e., weights] for CD’s experiments; identifies size of the seeds that produced them. FG is experimenting "in the same direction" and is curious how his results will compare with CD’s.

Author:  Francis Galton
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  16 Feb 1876
Classmark:  DAR 76: B3–B11
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-10395

From Francis Galton   1 December 1876

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Gives another instance of curious habit in the Butler family.

Author:  Francis Galton
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  1 Dec 1876
Classmark:  DAR 105: A96
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-10694

From Francis Galton   12 January 1877

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Would like to see essay [on effects of conscription in France, see 10774]. Knows of Swiss memoir to the same effect. Author says Swiss yeomen apt to leave homestead to sickly son. Landed populations deteriorate.

Author:  Francis Galton
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  12 Jan 1877
Classmark:  Pearson 1914–30, 2: 192
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-10783

From Francis Galton   22 February 1877

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Attributes the Castilian accent of speech of deaf and dumb men to imitation of their teachers’ lip movements.

Author:  Francis Galton
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  22 Feb 1877
Classmark:  DAR 105: A97–8
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-10859

From Francis Galton   24 May 1878

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Sends some "composite portraits", including three of their family ancestors, as described in Nature [18 (1878): 97–100].

Author:  Francis Galton
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  24 May 1878
Classmark:  DAR 105A: 99–100
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11526

From Francis Galton   7 June 1879

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Conveys some information about Dr Erasmus Darwin’s second wife and discusses photos of him and his wife.

Author:  Francis Galton
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  7 June 1879
Classmark:  DAR 210.9: 14
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12094

From Francis Galton   9 June 1879

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Memorandum about Dr Erasmus Darwin’s bequests.

Author:  Francis Galton
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  9 June 1879
Classmark:  DAR 210.14: 30
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12097F

From Francis Galton   12 November 1879

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Praises CD’s biography of Erasmus Darwin;

asks CD to answer some queries he is circulating. Is particularly interested in "visualizing faculty" in CD and Dr Darwin.

Author:  Francis Galton
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  12 Nov 1879
Classmark:  DAR 105: A101–2
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12313

From Francis Galton   8 April 1880

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Will see what can be done about getting thumb impressions, to see if the markings are persistent.

Author:  Francis Galton
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  8 Apr 1880
Classmark:  DAR 105: A103
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12567

From Francis Galton   5 July 1880

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Thanks for mentioning CarlVogt, to whom he will write.

Comments on Dr Erasmus Darwin’s interest in mental imagery.

Author:  Francis Galton
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  5 July 1880
Classmark:  DAR 105: A104–5
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12647

From Francis Galton   7 March 1881

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Reports observations of worms for CD’s use.

Author:  Francis Galton
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  7 Mar 1881
Classmark:  DAR 105: A106–7
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13076

From Francis Galton   9 October 1881

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Thanks CD for Earthworms and comments on it.

Author:  Francis Galton
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  9 Oct 1881
Classmark:  DAR 105: A108
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13380
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