RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1962. [Letter to W. W. Baxter, 6 January [1878]]. Parke-Bernet Galleries. The well-known Dr Charles Wesley Olsen. collection of Lincoln & John Brown papers, presidential and other historical autographs. Together with historical & literary material from another source. 6 February. New York.
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed and edited by John van Wyhe 11.2023. RN1
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44 DARWIN, CHARLES. Naturalist
A.L.s. 1 p., 12mo; Beckenham, 6 Jan., no year, ca. 1875; to his druggist, asking about the composition of a spermaceti ointment which he has been buying for some years. (Olsen)
He wants to know about the ointment because I blackened some young shoots of plants with this ointment mixed with Lampblack & it produced an extraordinary effect on the shoots, which I think cannot be accounted for merely by the exclusion of light.
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