To W. D. Fox [11 May 1831]
Summary
CD’s father has given him £200 to settle his debts.
He is delighted by a magnificent anonymous gift of a microscope.
Sees a good deal of the Henslows who are expecting a child soon.
CD still talks of the "Canary scheme"; he is learning Spanish.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
Date: | [11 May 1831] |
Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 40) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-100 |
To W. D. Fox [9 July 1831]
Summary
Poverty keeps him at Shrewsbury.
The Canary scheme still goes, CD is studying Spanish and geology.
Jenyns has started CD on Diptera.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
Date: | [9 July 1831] |
Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 41) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-101 |
To W. D. Fox 14 August [1875]
Summary
Can WDF recall the sex of the deaf white cats.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
Date: | 14 Aug [1875] |
Classmark: | Nate D. Sanders Auctions (dealer) (29 August 2019, lot 37) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10121F |
To W. D. Fox 1 August [1831]
Summary
Will send his insects and two or three from Henslow.
The Canary scheme takes place next June.
Is grieved WDF thinks him capable of telling falsehoods.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
Date: | 1 Aug [1831] |
Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 42) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-103 |
To W. D. Fox 26 May [1876]
Summary
Caroline [Wedgwood] has been ill for the last 20 months.
James Paget to be consulted about William Darwin’s brain concussion.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
Date: | 26 May [1876] |
Classmark: | University of British Columbia Library, Rare Books and Special Collections (Pearce/Darwin Fox collection RBSC-ARC-1721-1-11) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10515 |
To W. D. Fox 2 December 1877
Summary
Working hard on physiology of plants.
His son George sees no reason to change his view on marriage of cousins.
George’s astronomical work is too deep for CD.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
Date: | 2 Dec 1877 |
Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 155) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11266 |
To W. D. Fox 14 February 1878
Summary
CD and Frank Darwin hard at work on physiology of plants.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
Date: | 14 Feb 1878 |
Classmark: | University of British Columbia Library, Rare Books and Special Collections (Pearce/Darwin Fox collection RBSC-ARC-1721-1-74) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11358 |
To W. D. Fox 10 July 1878
Summary
Letter of condolence on reading Times report of death of WDF’s daughter.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
Date: | 10 July 1878 |
Classmark: | University of British Columbia Library, Rare Books and Special Collections (Pearce/Darwin Fox collection RBSC-ARC-1721-1-75) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11598 |
To W. D. Fox 6 [September 1831]
Summary
Received offer of post as naturalist in the Beagle in the same mail as WDF’s last letter. Outlines details of prospective voyage. Not certain, but thinks he probably will go.
Expresses pleasure that all is well with their friendship, which he prizes.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
Date: | 6 [Sept 1831] |
Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 43) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-120 |
To W. D. Fox 6 February [1849]
Summary
His memory of his recently deceased father is a treasure to him.
Thanks WDF for information on the water-cure. Dislikes the thought of it.
Reports results of his experiments with tied-up fruit-trees.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
Date: | 6 Feb [1849] |
Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 71) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1222 |
To W. D. Fox 24 [March 1849]
Summary
Reports progress with water-cure. Describes the treatment.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
Date: | 24 [Mar 1849] |
Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 73) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1235 |
To W. D. Fox 18 April [1849]
Summary
Continues to improve, but water-cure has produced "indolence and stagnation of mind".
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
Date: | 18 Apr [1849] |
Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 73a) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1240 |
To W. D. Fox 7 [July 1849]
Summary
Continues water-cure treatment at home and must do so for a year. Considers himself absolutely cured.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
Date: | 7 [July 1849] |
Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 74) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1249 |
To W. D. Fox [17 January 1850]
Summary
Account of the birth of Leonard Darwin, during which he administered the chloroform to Emma.
Continues the water-cure.
Has begun work on fossil cirripedes.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
Date: | [17 Jan 1850] |
Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 75) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1292 |
To W. D. Fox 19 [September 1831]
Summary
Describes his appointment, the Beagle, his companions, and the objectives of the voyage. Gives his schedule before departure.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
Date: | 19 [Sept 1831] |
Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 44) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-132 |
To W. D. Fox [May 1850]
Summary
Details of his continuing water-cure regimen.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
Date: | [May 1850] |
Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 76) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1323 |
To W. D. Fox 4 September [1850]
Summary
Has heard that Louis Agassiz maintains the doctrine of several species of man "much I daresay to the comfort of the slave-holding southerners".
Homeopathy excites his wrath even more than clairvoyance.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
Date: | 4 Sept [1850] |
Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 77) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1352 |
To W. D. Fox 10 October [1850]
Summary
Is concerned about the education of his boys and is undecided between Rugby and Bruce Castle schools; is inclined toward the latter, but afraid to experiment on so important a subject.
Reports on his pear-trees.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
Date: | 10 Oct [1850] |
Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 78) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1362 |
To W. D. Fox [before 3 October 1846]
Summary
The potato seeds were collected in 1835 from tubers in a remote area of the Cordilleras of Chile and were certainly wild. Refers him to Journal [of researches, p. 347].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
Date: | [before 3 Oct 1846] |
Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 107) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13809 |
To W. D. Fox [27 March 1851]
Summary
Sends condolences to WDF on the death of his father. Has brought his daughter [Anne] to J. M. Gully for the water-cure.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
Date: | [27 Mar 1851] |
Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 78a) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1396 |
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