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To W. D. Fox    [10 April 1829]

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Has been in "a perfect and absolute state of idleness", riding and walking in the morning, gambling at Van John [vingt-et-un] in the evening.

"Little Go" has been unusually strict.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Darwin Fox
Date:  [10 Apr 1829]
Classmark:  Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 12)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-61

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To W. D. Fox    7 June [1829]

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Has shipped a portmanteau and box of WDF’s things. Lists bills paid from funds sent.

"My success has been very splendid in the science" [entomology].

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Darwin Fox
Date:  7 June [1829]
Classmark:  Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 16)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-66

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  • … have paid for you altogether, 8 £ "12"6 & as you sent me 10£, I owe you, 1 £ "7"6, which I …
  • 10 "  6 Dos for plate "  "  16 " ————— "  5 "  17 "  6 Paid for you for skins s & &c &c "  "  15 " Debt.  2 " £ 2 "  15 £ 5 "  17 "  6 ————— "  8 "  12 "  …
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