To W. D. Fox 12 [June 1828]
Summary
Account of insects he has collected, with figures drawn by sister.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
| Date: | 12 [June 1828] |
| Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 1) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-42 |
To W. D. Fox [30 June 1828]
Summary
Mainly concerned with entomological specimens CD has recently captured. Three figures of beetles are included.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
| Date: | [30 June 1828] |
| Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 2) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-43 |
To W. D. Fox [29 July 1828]
Summary
CD on a reading party at Barmouth, Wales;
difficulty with mathematics.
Reports on his entomological collecting.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
| Date: | [29 July 1828] |
| Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 3) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-45 |
To C. T. Whitley [10 August 1828]
Summary
His idle life and the pleasures of Barmouth: "my reading [in mathematics] is a failure"; "Beettle hunting … is my proper sphere".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Thomas Whitley |
| Date: | [10 Aug 1828] |
| Classmark: | Shrewsbury School, Taylor Library |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-45A |
To W. D. Fox [19 August 1828]
Summary
Accepts invitation to a Music Meeting at Osmaston, Derbyshire.
Entomological news and queries.
Has taken up angling.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
| Date: | [19 Aug 1828] |
| Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 4) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-46 |
To John Maurice Herbert [13 September 1828]
Summary
Asks JMH to collect some insects at Barmouth.
Reports on his shooting luck.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Maurice Herbert |
| Date: | [13 Sept 1828] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.1) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-47 |
To W. D. Fox [October 1828]
Summary
Sends some stuffed birds for "Osmaston Museum" and some insects.
Home having cloyed, plans to go to Woodhouse to visit the Owens and the black-eyed houris [Sarah and Fanny] there.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
| Date: | [Oct 1828] |
| Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 5) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-48 |
To J. M. Herbert [3 October 1828]
Summary
CD obliged for JMH’s labours in "the science". He reports having spent a pleasant month. Entomological pursuits succeeded.
Looks forward to receiving beetles and butterflies from JMH when he passes through Shrewsbury.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Maurice Herbert |
| Date: | [3 Oct 1828] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.2) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-49 |
To the Darwin Family 3 October 1828
Summary
[Caroline Darwin on behalf of CD] submits a petition to Darwin family for £20 to purchase a new double-barrelled gun, CD’s present one having become dangerous.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Darwin family |
| Date: | 3 Oct 1828 |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 34 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-50 |
To W. D. Fox [29 October 1828]
Summary
Has met Frederick William Hope, the entomologist; relates F. W. Hope’s praise of CD’s collection and his generous offer of assistance.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
| Date: | [29 Oct 1828] |
| Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 6) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-52 |
To E. A. Darwin 21 December 1828
Summary
Has found nice rooms in [Christ’s] College, which he has furnished with some very good prints. Lives almost entirely with W. D. Fox and entomology.
News of John Price, B. H. Kennedy, and Charles Whitley. Fanny Owen is as charming as ever.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Date: | 21 Dec 1828 |
| Classmark: | DAR 154: 66 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-53 |
To W. D. Fox [24 December 1828]
Summary
CD is collecting entomological specimens;
extols the charms of Fanny Owen.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
| Date: | [24 Dec 1828] |
| Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 7) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-54 |
| letter | (12) |
| Fox, W. D. | (7) |
| Herbert, J. M. | (2) |
| Darwin family | (1) |
| Darwin, E. A. | (1) |
| Whitley, C. T. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (12) |
| Fox, W. D. | (7) |
| Herbert, J. M. | (2) |
| Darwin family | (1) |
| Darwin, E. A. | (1) |
