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Tegetmeier, William Bernhard, 1816-1912 (naturalist, journalist and pigeon fancier)

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Letter to James Cossar Ewart from William Bernhard Tegetmeier, 31 October 1900

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/6/31
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Tegetmeier thanks him for his recent letter and explaining that he has mislaid the book that Ewart lent him. He thanks him for the letters from Brazil and says he would be privileged to publish extracts from Ewart's article. He praises the cases opposed to the doctrine of telegony, in relation to humans. He cites the example of a family in the Finchley district, and details their ancestral history.

Dates: 31 October 1900
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1900

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