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To Susan Darwin [1 April 1838]
Summary
FitzRoy is hard at work on his book [Narrative, vol. 2].
CD’s health is improved.
Describes his visit to zoo.
Gives news of E. A. Darwin and Harriet Martineau.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Susan Elizabeth Darwin |
| Date: | [1 Apr 1838] |
| Classmark: | DAR 223: 39 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-407 |
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- … R. W. Darwin ’s ‘Weighing Account’ book (Down House MS), CD’s weight had increased from 10 stone 8 1 4 lb on 7 October 1836 to 12 stone 5 oz on 18 October 1837 in the year after his return from the voyage. By the time of this letter, however, he may have been losing weight: on his next visit to Shrewsbury on the 13th of July he was down to 11 …
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| letter | (1) |
Author
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
Addressee
| Darwin, S. E. | (1) |
Correspondent
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
| Darwin, S. E. |
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| 1838 | (1) |
