Notes of Sydney Smith on the Tegetmeier letters, undated

This series consists of original Darwin correspondence, including 23 letters which have been tipped into the Cox extra illustrated editions (Series 12). There are several major correspondents, including William Bernhard Tegetmeier (136 letters from Darwin to Tegetmeier concerning the breeding of fowl and pigeons with corresponding microfilm and copies of Tegetmeier's correspondence with Darwin xeroxed from the collections of Cambridge University); Professor J. S. Newberry (21 letters from various correspondents); and Albany Hancock (11 letters concerning Cirripedia). Also included is one letter from Erasmus Darwin to Sir Joseph Banks. Excepting those addressed to Newberry, each original letter has a corresponding abstract, xerox copy and transcript. A description from the sale catalog concerning the Tegetmeier letters mentions that it was the finest collection of Darwin letters extant. Cox corresponded with Sir Francis Darwin, asking for a sample of his father's handwriting and receiving a page from the manuscript for The Movements of Plants which is included herein. At the end of this series, there are duplicate transcripts of each of the original

NOTE: Microfilm (positive) of Darwin-Tegetmeier correspondence removed to film storage area.